>I don't see his conclusion of "you have to get lots of smart immigrants to fill in" I wouldn't call a point made less than halfway through the article a "conc

>I don't see his conclusion of "you have to get lots of smart immigrants to fill in" I wouldn't call a point made less than halfway through the article a "conclusion". He seems to place more importance on incarceration rates; from the final few paragraphs: As we close this letter, I want to highlight that one bolded paragraph again As we shall see, a single variable -- having a criminal record -- is a key missing piece in explaining why work rates and LFPRs have collapsed much more dramatically in America than other affluent Western societies over the past two generations... If we want to see things began to change, we going to have to deal with this variable. Perhaps we should rethink our concept of incarcerating everyone found guilty of using currently illegal drugs. Maybe we need to rethink about how long felony convictions stay attached to personal records.