#365: Why Are 7 Million Men Missing From the Workforce?

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🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

For the past few decades, there’s been an intense focus on getting more women in the workplace and helping them thrive and succeed. At the same time, however, a silent problem has emerged that could have serious repercussions on our economy and society: more and more men have been dropping out of the workforce. My guest today is an economist with the American Enterprise Institute who has written a book highlighting what he calls an “invisible crisis.” His name is Nicholas Eberstadt and his book is "Men Without Work." Today on the show, Nicholas delves into the research that shows that while unemployment is down, the number of men actually working or looking for work is lower than a generation ago. We then delve into some of the possible causes of the disappearance of men from the workforce, what these non-working men are doing while they’re not working, and how they’re supporting themselves without a job. Nicholas then discusses the possible economic and societal problems that this growing number of non-working men create, and what we can do on a micro and macro level to encourage men to be self-reliant and industrious.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to the edition of the Art of the Mamminess Podcast.
0:18.0	For the past few decades, there's been an intense focus on getting more women in the workplace
0:21.4	and helping them thrive and succeed there.
0:23.7	At the same time, however, a silent problem has emerged that could have serious repercussions
0:27.4	on our economy and society.
0:29.5	More and more men have been dropping out of the workforce completely.
0:32.8	I guess today is an economist who has written a book highlighting what he calls an invisible
0:35.9	crisis, his name is Nicholas Everstad and his book is Men Without Work.
0:39.2	Today on the show, Nicholas delves into the research that shows that while unemployment
0:42.6	is down, the number of men actually working or looking for work is lower than a generation
0:46.7	ago.
0:47.7	We then delve into some of the possible causes of the disappearance of men from the workforce,
0:50.8	what these non-working men are doing while they're not working and how they're supporting
0:54.3	themselves without a job.
0:55.8	Nicholas then discusses the possible economic and societal problems that this growing number
0:59.5	of non-working men create and what we can do on a micro and macro level to encourage men
1:03.6	to be self-reliant and industrious.
1:05.6	After the show's over, check out the show notes at aowm.is slash men without work where
1:09.2	you delve deeper into this topic.
1:10.6	And now Nicholas joins me via clearcast.io.
1:17.1	Nicholas Everstad, welcome to the show.
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