On Labor Day, the Jobs Market Is in Deep Trouble

On Labor Day, the Jobs Market Is in Deep Trouble
Hospitality workers picket outside Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles on April 5, 2024. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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In these four years of economic confusion and mixed signals, one seeming bright spot has forestalled the calling of recession. The jobs market has appeared somewhat strong, at least on paper. To be sure, much of the apparent strength has come from bounceback hires following devastating lockdowns that closed businesses all over the country and world. The hope has been in recovery.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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