The pendulum swung on and on through the neoliberal markets of the 1970s and the 1990s employment boom. Which more or less brings us to the post-pandemic present.

The pendulum is a neodymium magnet on the head of a bolt, dangling on a one foot aluminium chain. Below, a Hall Effect sensor rests atop an electromagnet — 1″ in diameter, with 6/8″ wire ...