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Where the Men Are—They’re Not at Work

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
Timothy S. Goeglein
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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.”
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
Author
Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”
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