Of course, a lot of that decline is because there are so many retirees and college students these days (a lot more than in the '50s[1]). If you look at the prim

Of course, a lot of that decline is because there are so many retirees and college students these days (a lot more than in the '50s[1]). If you look at the prime-age (25-64) ratio, it's still down substantially [0] [0]http://www.epi.org/blog/prime-age-employment-to-population-ratio-remains-terribly-depressed/ http://www.epi.org/blog/prime-age-employment-to-population-r... [1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/236093/higher-education-enrollment-rates-by-age-group-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/236093/higher-education-...