Heidi Shierholz and Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute fact-check current hype around the idea that a labor shortage is holding back U.S. businesses. Heidi and Josh explain that what we are experiencing is just the opposite of a labor shortage—there are vastly more unemployed workers than job openings.
Related work from the Economic Policy Institute- Restaurant labor shortages show little sign of going economywide
- U.S. labor shortage? Unlikely. Here’s why
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The State of Working America Podcast is part of EPI’s effort to raise workers’ voices to ensure they are heard in the economic policy debate. Hosted by Eve Tahmincioglu, Director of Communications.
Core topics include workers' rights, inequality, race, gender, labor markets, education and immigration, but we're interested in all things related to social justice. __
Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org
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