I mean, think about all the small towns across America where hundreds of thousands of workers have been working remotely for years. Wells, for instance, is now withdrawing from small towns and pulling their workers into hub cities. Other companies are following suit.
What will happen to the economies of all these small towns? Better yet, in the metro areas won't companies have to compete even more for the same talent, driving up wages? And in a downturn, what will happen to the economies of the metro areas when thousands of people are laid off, can't find jobs, and won't be able to pay their astronomically high rent or mortgages?
I'd really like to see economic studies of this new model.