The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century.

Davidson, a New Yorker economics writer and cofounder of NPR's Planet Money podcast, warns readers to abandon jobs and businesses that can be automated or outcompeted by low-cost Asian firms. He illustrates his argument with case studies, including a lesbian couple who design menswear for women, an Amish factory producing horse-drawn farm equipment, and a pencil manufacturer that charges "bafflingly expensive" prices for #2s. [Extracted from the article]

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