The Jobs ‘Boom’ Isn’t So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing From The Workforce – OpEd

By Ryan McMaken*

Last week, the employment news was all about how payrolls increased by 269,000 jobs and blew past expectations. Yet, when we looked at the actual number of employed persons, it turned out that the number of employed people has gone down in recent months. At 158.4 million, total employment is still nearly...