claim: according to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: jul 16, 2015 ... there are more job openings available in america today than at any point since  the bureau of labor statistics first started tracking vacancy data back in ..... " what's been more surprising is that even people, say, below the age of 55, what  we call prime-age workers, have also been leaving the labor force.
evidence_2: nov 14, 2014 ... more than 92 million americans last month were considered outside the labor  force entirely. ... according to the october jobs report, more than 92 million  americans — 37% of the civilian population aged 16 and over — are neither  employed nor unemployed, but fall in the category of “not in the labor force.
evidence_3: but even leaving aside questions of how to distribute that wealth, the widespread  disappearance of work would usher in a social transformation unlike any we've  seen. if john russo is right, then saving work is more important than saving any  particular job. industriousness has served as america's unofficial religion since  its ...
evidence_4: the rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people  to remain on the job and new laws have banned workplace discrimination  against the disabled. every month, 14 ... you don't go to the doctor and the doctor  says, "we've run the tests and it looks like you have disability." it's squishy  enough that ...
evidence_5: jan 6, 2016 ... american workers are more stressed, sleep deprived, burnt out and disengaged  than ever before, but the solution is surprisingly simple. ... 24/7 connectivity, and  you've got a recipe for overwork, according to phyllis moen, a university of  minnesota sociologist who studies careers, families and well-being.