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Essential Economy: Are Blue-Collar Jobs Making a Comeback?

Essential Economy: Are Blue-Collar Jobs Making a Comeback?

Update: 2025-10-05
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Are white-collar jobs overrated? Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Ford CEO Jim Farley challenge the focus on college degrees, highlighting a critical shortage in skilled trades. With automation threatening tech jobs, they argue that vocational training needs a major overhaul to meet the rising demand for hands-on expertise in building, maintaining, and repairing the infrastructure of the future.

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Essential Economy: Are Blue-Collar Jobs Making a Comeback?

Essential Economy: Are Blue-Collar Jobs Making a Comeback?