Two out of three as a nation, labor force participation, the number of people actually looking for work and participating in work has been on the decline among working age men, especially for decades. Between 1960 and 2023, the fraction of working-age men who were out of the labor force increased from about 3% to 11%. 3% to 11% and by 2024 that had increased to 22%. And that's a nearly 700% increase over the last six and a half decades. (11:12–11:40)
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Asserts the increase in non-participation in the labor force among working-age men over several decades.
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