Where have all the workers gone?

Last Thursday, as I headed home from a conference, the car I’d booked to take me to the airport didn’t show up. Luckily there was a taxi nearby so I hopped in and discovered that, in addition to a comfortable ride to my destination, the fare entitled me to a free lecture on the state of the labor market. “The reason your car didn’t show up”, opined the retired police sergeant at the wheel, “is you can’t find drivers anymore. It’s the millennials - they just don’t want to work”.

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