Not only is the unemployment rate stuck several percentage points above where it should be, but the percentage of the labor force and the population has also declined by several percentage points.

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Now, I can understand that there are going to be limits to labor force participation within a population and that not everyone in a society is going to be physically or mentally able to work, but still, if there are no jobs and no work, what are people doing?

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In addition, the US labor force has flattened out as female labor force participation has stopped rising and the population ages.

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