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I believe a primary driver of this is the enormous commercial real estate bubble that is going to destroy the economy and is looking very large right now. That and of course greed.
This argument never made sense to me. Why would greedy companies voluntarily pay for something they don't need just to support some "greater good" of keeping the economy afloat? It means reduced profits yet the "contribution" of each individual company is just drop in the bucket.
It would make sense if the executives making the order to return to the office also have commercial real estate portfolios.
Then it would be just moving profits from one pocket to another.
IMHO it can't explain the industry trend.