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S8 Ep737: 2. Eberstadt explores the demographics of non-working men, noting that foreign-born and married men are the most likely to be employed. Those out of the workforce report spending roughly 2,000 hours annually on screens. Alarmingly, nearly half report dail

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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2. Eberstadt explores the demographics of non-working men, noting that foreign-born and married men are the most likely to be employed. Those out of the workforce report spending roughly 2,000 hours annually on screens. Alarmingly, nearly half report daily use of pain medication. (2)

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0:00.0

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0:21.5

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0:35.2

This is CBSI on the world.

0:37.1

I'm John Batchel with Nicholas Aberstadt.

0:39.3

Nick Aberstatt is the author of Men Without Work.

0:42.5

This is a post-pandemic edition.

0:44.4

We'll get there, but we have to work through the mystery of 10 million men without work,

0:50.5

not looking for work, and surviving in some fashion in this rich and dynamic culture.

0:57.0

Who are they? Nick, this is a mystery that can be solved by categories. I learned from you

1:04.1

that a married man with children and foreign born is guaranteed to be at work.

1:11.6

Guaranteed.

1:13.7

It's automatic.

1:21.3

And those categories, if not followed, oh, education, with a high school or better education,

1:22.5

guaranteed to be at work.

1:27.3

And if those categories are not followed, that's who they are, correct?

1:31.3

The odds are really striking here, aren't they? So if you are a foreign-born guy in the USA, it doesn't matter what your ethnicity is or practically what your educational background is,

1:42.3

you're more likely to be in the labor force than your native-born counterpart.

1:48.5

And with respect to marriage, it's amazing how much lower the work and labor force participation rates are for guys who've never been married

2:04.8

than for guys who are married.

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