If There’s a Government Shutdown, Will Anyone Notice?

null By Daniel HenningerSept. 27, 2023 5:19 pm ETWonder Land: Most federal employees already work from home. Let's make that permanent. Images: AP/iStock Photo Composite: Mark KellyTwo related questions. If a tree falls in an empty forest, does it make a sound? Ergo, if the federal government shuts down this weekend, will anyone notice?Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InAbout this articleWonder Land“Wonder Land” tries to make sense of the world's wonder, which in the newspaper business arrives every day of the week. It's published weekly on Wednesday evenings. Daniel HenningerDaniel Henninger's weekly column, “Wonder Land,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Thursday. Mr. Henninger was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1987 and 1996, and shared in the Journal's Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper's covera