The US economy is booming, yet jobs are the scarcest they’ve been in many years. But what starts as a simple question – where did the jobs go? – leads to some big and surprising discoveries about the bizarre and upside-down nature of today’s economy.

  • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]
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    7 days ago

    I feel like my partner and I would have a comfortable life if everything hadn't just constantly gotten worse around us in real time, it's like 100 steps forward 99 steps back and I'll be dead before I have even a tenth of the security my parents had

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 days ago

      Really is the common feeling of everyone Millenial and younger I think. Maybe the oldest Millenials didn't have this malaise hanging over their lives, but it's always felt like I'm jogging as hard as I can on a treadmill and just keep slowly moving backwards no matter what I do.