Where the Men Are—They’re Not at Work

A man walks past a 'now hiring' sign posted outside of a restaurant in Arlington, Va., on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

In a recent podcast with Mike Rowe, host of the popular show “Dirty Jobs,” which highlights the value of blue-collar work, Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute said, “Since the [COVID] pandemic broke, the number of unfilled jobs has gone up by about 4 million. And since the pandemic broke, the number of people in the labor force has dropped about 4 million.”