The point I was trying to make in my OP is that covid exacerbated a trend that was growing in the labor market, one where individuals by the millions discovered alternate sources of income through the internet. That income stream has proven to be far more rewarding than going to a job for 8 to 10 hours a day and the repercussion on the economy is high inflation. This is no longer a political problem; there are few ways to create incentives to get people back in the workforce other than raising pay rates and inflation. Perhaps Google and other advertisers are paying trendsetters and others on YouTube far too much for doing what they do. Hopefully, a market crash and long bearish winter will force people back to work, and let supply and demand do its magic to return pay rates to what they were pre covid. Wealthy people won't care; not an issue to not profit for a couple of years and load up on reversal.