AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRODDING, Virginia Postrel is addressing the issue of economic change and the relationship between productivity and employment. She even mentions massage therapy!

On a more serious note, it’s very important that business writers start looking at this question in precisely the way that Virginia does, or protectionist sentiments are likely to grow.

UPDATE: Here’s an interesting piece from The Economist saying that the “jobless recovery” is a myth.