Return to office is 'dead,' Stanford economist says

Re:Return to office is 'dead,' Stanford economist says by vitaflo on Friday December 01, 2023 @10:35AM (#38487928)

Don’t forget the local economies that provide services for workers in those offices. My local city has given big tax breaks to companies to get people back to work because the business around those companies are having a hard time with everyone sitting at home.

Entire economies were built on top of office spaces and that upends a lot of things when they go away.

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Re:Return to office is 'dead,' Stanford economist says by no_wizard on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:43AM (#38488792)

I say let it upend. Shifts aren't easy, but they are needed. It would do the world long term good to let this play out on its own rather than having government intervention (or corporate intervention, for that matter, let employees win for once)

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Re:Return to office is 'dead,' Stanford economist says by Spivak on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:26PM (#38492662)

Let it upend and then build housing atop the rubble. People who live there will be spending money too.

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Re:Return to office is 'dead,' Stanford economist says by ge0ffclapp on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:14PM (#38490901)

The world needs less gas stations, fast food, and sprawl in general. Lots of businesses are doing fine where I live and there are a ton of empty office parks.

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