Work has become passé. The labor force participation rate fell to a 31 year low in August as another 368,000 people left the work force. It also represented the lowest labor force participation rate on record for men at 69.8%. That rate does not even include those who are incarcerated. The US has more than …
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Sep
21
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May
04
All Play and no Work Makes the US a Poor Country
Sometimes looks can be deceiving. April’s unemployment rate fell from 8.2% to 8.1% which looks good. On the other hand, the labor force participation rate continued to fall and hit a 30 plus year low. Fewer people are in the labor force now than were there at the beginning of the economic recovery. If the …
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