This is John Bachelor under the Weather.

Conversation with Nicholas Eversstadt, author of Men Without Work,

points to more than the phenomena of men without work

who are in primary working age.

Also points to elder people especially the boomer

generation and what Nick describes as a yellow light not a red light, on working-age women in America, without work, labor participation,

dimming in all categories.

Here's Nick to explain. Now the numbers today these

reports now show a job recovery. Is that answering without work? The prosperity of today is it a response to

without work to be determined? Nicholas Aberstard, more of this later.

Yes, well, unfortunately, the men without work problem that I described in the first edition is worse now than it was then.

You could almost draw a straight line from 1965 to the first edition of the book to where we are now six years later.

It's a kind of uncanny.

But it looks as if other population groups may also be joining this flight from work, including people who are older Americans, 55 plus, and now we're seeing some, I think, warning signs for Prime Age women.

I don't want to say it's a red flashing light, but maybe a yellow flashing light.