🏛️ Politics Apr 9, 2026 · Eric Levitz

The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate

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The heyday of the “high-skill” worker is ending. As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose their value. Many have been forced into menial jobs — while others cling to their prestigious positions only by accepting ever more exploitative terms of employment.  The […]

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