New in PS On Point: The Rise of the Distributariat, by Steven Hill

Steven Hill considers how the structure of labor markets and the nature of work will change after the pandemic. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( JULY 16, 2021 By accelerating the trend toward a more remote and decentralized workforce, the pandemic has fundamentally restructured labor markets, particularly in advanced economies. But whether these changes will be good for workers is very much an open question, writes Steven Hill, a former policy director at the Center for Humane Technology. [Read more](. On Point [The Rise of the Distributariat]( [The Rise of the Distributariat]( By Steven Hill The shift to remote work during the pandemic has brought both disturbing developments, like the increased use of surveillance technology, and promising ones, like the de-linking of employment from geographic location. But without new rules of the road, workers overall will be worse off than they were before COVID-19. [Read more]( [The Factual delivers the most objective news stories.]( The Big Picture [Tokyo’s COVID Games]( [Tokyo’s COVID Games]( Featuring Yuriko Koike, Takatoshi Ito, Bill Emmott, and more The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means that the upcoming Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital, originally scheduled to take place in 2020, will be unlike any before. What is not new is that many are asking whether the spectacle is worth the cost. [Read more]( Say More [An Interview with Bernard Haykel]( [An Interview with Bernard Haykel]( [Bernard Haykel]( considers the implications of Ebrahim Raisi’s election as Iran’s president, proposes a plan for ending the war in Yemen, assesses Joe Biden’s Saudi Arabia strategy, and more. Haykel is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia at Princeton University. [Read more]( [PS. The latest on politics for less than $9 a month. Subscribe now.]( Previously in On Point [The Pandemic Opportunity]( [The Pandemic Opportunity]( By Muhammad Yunus With so much of "normal" social and economic life put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic, there is no better time to consider new approaches to development. Until we have achieved environmental, social, and economic sustainability, we as a species will be racing against the clock. [Read more]( [Special-Edition Magazine: Back to Health]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.