Governments can't offer welfare if the jobs aren't returning for those cast adrift. They can offer retraining and encourage job creation with more generous tax regimes, but the old tools of tax and subsidy will only derail the entire state. That's the message the right has been trumpeting for some decades. The difference is that many on the left who previously saw government as a viable tool for social and economic justice now have thrown in the towel. The problem is world wide and exacerbated in places where the population is ageing or remains primarily rural.
Cities are more than ever where it's happening.
I like this observation in particular. It isn't working out that way. Software and web product demand many heads imagining and researching together in the same room for long stretches. And to make it worse they all need support services, printers, doctors and pizza. So, claims Coyle, keep your good job in the city.