# Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the rise of service jobs

1 Faculty News March 1, 2012 ![The Atlantic logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031336.jpg?itok=T4ciY3Gl)>

Excerpt from [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/the-future-of-work-is-services-so-where-is-the-future-of-services/253850/) -- "Health care and government alone accounted for 40 percent of that growth, according to economist [Michael Spence](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/a-michael-spence)."

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