This Labor Day, let's get real about how things have gotten better for workers in the USA
Fox News
Things have changed dramatically for American workers in 10 years. Many of us now work from home at least one day a week. Technology and culture have changed how we work.
People have more opportunities to pursue the type of work they would ideally like to do. These changes happened in part because of new technology. Sean Higgins is a research fellow for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market public policy organization based in Washington, D.C.
Once upon a time, just making a long-distance telephone call was prohibitively expensive, and traveling was a major part of many white collar professions because there was no great substitute for being physically face-to-face. Now we can, with a few clicks on our mobile devices or computers, video-chat people near or far, even on other continents, for as long as we need.