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What's behind the flight from work in post-pandemic America

7 mins | Sep 26, 2022
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The United States has a Depression-scale work problem. The current climate in the U.S is one of angst, discontent and economic woes, which has been further exacerbated by the country's prime male work rate now below its 1940 level, leading Nicholas Eberstadt - from COVID-19 to immigration - to question why unemployment rates are increasing in America.

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