Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
After a long recovery, the US job market now seems pretty solid.
The official unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in more than 40 years.
But the statistics hide a troubling fact...
About 7 million men aged 25 to 54 are neither employed nor "available for work."
Why aren't they on the job?
Possible reasons include everything from being in too much pain to work... to spending their time playing video games instead.
Reporter Jim Puzzanghera covers business and economics for the Los Angeles Times and reported on this curious legion on non-working men.
He spoke with Take Two's Alex Cohen.
Audio coming soon.