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The "quiet catastrophe" is particularly dismaying because it is so quiet, without social turmoil or even debate. It is this: After 88 consecutive months of the economic expansion that began in June 2009, a smaller percentage of American males in the prime working years (ages 25 to 54) are working than were working near the end of the Great Depression in 1940, when the unemployment rate was above 14 percent. If the labor-force participation rate were as high today as it was as recently as 2000, nearly 10 million more Americans would have jobs.
The work rate for adult men has plunged 13 percentage points in a half-century. This "work deficit" of "Great Depression-scale underutilization" of male potential workers is the subject of Nicholas Eberstadt's new monograph "Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis," which explores the economic and moral causes and consequences of this:
Is it an aberration, or a harbinger of things to come?
(Score: 1, Troll) by Francis on Sunday October 09 2016, @04:34AM
The only problem with that is that most women are pathologically incapable of noticing available men that aren't of equal or higher social status. They'll whine and bitch and moan about how there are no good guys left. I've even seen them do that moaning in front of entire rooms full of great guys, but it's as if they can't see guys unless they're above them in the social hierarchy.
I feel absolutely no sympathy for women that wind up with losers, it's their own damn fault for filtering out all the good guys out there.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @06:26AM
You misunderstand the term "good guy". It is first and foremost a man of equal or higher social status, not a description of how nice they are to women.
(Score: 2) by Jesus_666 on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:44AM
These days the reasoning for that behavior is outdated but old habits die hard.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @11:36AM
Progressive feminists behave in an outdated sexist manner? How. it. possible?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @05:00PM
This complaint comes up a lot, but really the women who complain like that are the minority and aren't usually that great. As a single man in my 30s I can say the same thing! All the good ones are already married! Thankfully it isn't quite true, just much higher chances that a good woman will come with some kids...