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Millions Of Men Are Missing From The U.S. Workforce
ResumeMen between the ages of 25 and 54 are considered to be in their prime working years. But in the United States, the share of prime-age men who are neither working nor looking for work has doubled since the 1970s. Roughly one in six prime-age men in the U.S. are either unemployed or out of the workforce altogether.
So where have they all gone? Derek Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic, offers a possible answer in his conversation with Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson, as well as a way that could once again employ the millions of men missing from the U.S. labor force.
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Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic. He tweets at @DKThomp.
This segment aired on July 1, 2016.