> the employment and unemployment rates in the developed world are pretty healthy, "In 1948, the labor-force participation rate was a staggering 96.7% among m

> the employment and unemployment rates in the developed world are pretty healthy, "In 1948, the labor-force participation rate was a staggering 96.7% among men in their prime working years. That statistic has been steadily declining ever since" Since 2000, the labor force participation rate has steadily declined for women as well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/13/a-record-number-of-men-arent-working-this-might-finally-explain-why/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/13/a-rec... "One in six prime-age guys has no job; it's kind of worse than it was in the depression in 1940," says Nicholas Eberstadt, an economic and demographic researcher at AEI. http://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492849471/an-economic-mystery-why-are-men-leaving-the-workforce http://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492849471/an-economic-mystery-...