Forget banking and law, Larry Fink argues society undervalues hands-on careers

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The Chairman and CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, has suggested that society’s obsession with white-collar careers has gone too far, arguing such skilled trades deserve the same respect as professions such as banking or law.

Larry Fink, who co-founded Blackrock in 1988 and now oversees $14 trillion in assets, told the BBC the United States “overdid” its push for young people to attend university while undervaluing jobs that require working with one’s hands.

Fink's comments come as artificial intelligence reshapes the labor ...