The Vanishing Hourly Worker
Trading Perspectives: An Economic Podcast
English - June 07, 2023 17:08 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsInvesting Business News economics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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From Dothan, Alabama, to Edinburgh, Scotland, it seems good help is hard to find. Despite soft economic data, the labor markets remain surprisingly strong. This is especially true for hourly workers. Why are they in such short supply? Are there just not enough people to do the work? Or is there something else happening here?
In this week’s Trading Perspectives, Sam, Courtney and John discuss chronic labor shortages here at home as well as over in the UK. How can this be... with economic activity as mediocre as it has been?