Hey, everyone. Quick heads up. We've got some tape in the show of people joyfully quitting

their jobs. And when they do that, they curse.

Betsy Stevenson studies big economic trends. She used to advise President Obama,

and she started using this phrase to describe the economy right now. She calls it the

life's too short economy. Sometimes, they take this job and shove it economy. It's a pithy

way of summing up the fact that a record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September.

That is a new record. The previous record was set the month before. In other words, the quitting,

it is all around us. I mean, have you talked to anyone who's resigned in the last few months,

like, I don't know, it's just quit. Oh, well, that's so funny. I was like, I don't know any,

but no, that's not true. Like, somebody who is near and dear to my heart who worked with me

on my textbook just resigned. And he resigned? I mean, like, he literally sent me an email and said,

welcome to the life's too short economy, Betsy. Oh my gosh. He's like, I want more out of life than

this. And I've got big plans. By this point, all of us know someone who's gotten an email like this.

Maybe you've sent an email like this. Betsy, who is a veteran's sorter of economic data,

says by her estimation, there are actually three kinds of quitters at the moment. One is the angry

story. The Walmart worker quitting over the intercom. Attention Walmart shoppers and associates.

My name is Beth from electronics. I've been working at Walmart for almost five years. And I can

sit down. Those are people who just have had enough to Jared, our store manager. You're a pervert.

You know, I think the tolerance for being mistreated for feeling underappreciated.

I think our just collective tolerance for that is lower.

Another one of the stories is that I have this vision for what I want to do with my life.

And this isn't, I'm not actually on the right path for that. I, you know, I need to take that leap.

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