CNN Smerconish January 29, 2022 14:15:00
Still, these initiatives have failed to bring many back to the work fold. my next guest recently told "the wall street journal" this isn't all about the pandemic. that the decline in the american workforce during their prime working years, men, 25 to 54, that it began decades ago. in 1961, labor force participation for prime age men was at 96.9%. by november 2021, the seasonally adjusted rate had dipped to 88.2%. so, right now, nearly 1 out of 8 men in their prime is not working. in other words, staying out of work even during good times has become somewhat of an american tradition. as "the wa...
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