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Why men drop out of the labor force: It starts when kids see how males around them struggle
The male labor force participation rate in the U.S. has been falling for generations, perplexing economists who have struggled to…
‘AI is going to create a labor shortage’: Jeff Bezos thinks AI will create more jobs, not less
For months, fearmongers have warned of AI’s “doomsday,” how it could eventually render whole swaths of the labor force unemployed…
Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but these rank among worst entry-level jobs
Trade jobs are having a moment. Touted as the smarter, safer alternative to “irrelevant” overpriced degrees and entry-level white-collar jobs…
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back AI jobs apocalypse predictions as they eye IPOs
Two of the most influential CEOs in tech spent the last year warning that AI would gut white-collar employment. Now…
The modern workforce has no shortage of white-collar tensions—from return-to-office mandates to AI anxiety and Slack etiquette wars. But another…
College student are booing commencement speakers mentioning AI, but still use it to cheat on exams
For today’s college students, attitudes toward AI can seem paradoxical. On one hand, they’ve made their ire toward the technology…
‘Americans are literally getting squeezed’: A top economist on why your wages are disappearing
Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has officially never been worse. The University of Michigan’s final April reading came in at…
The U.S. labor market added 115,000 jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, beating economist expectations and…
While economists sound alarms about Gen Z unemployment, new research points to a quieter crisis: Gen X workers retiring years…
A new Google AI deal with the Pentagon has sparked employee backlash. Their leverage appears limited
Google inks a major contract to help the Pentagon use AI. Hundreds of employees sign an open letter opposing the…












