There’s Another Reason Gen Z Can’t Find Work: The Broken Ladder

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A new working paper from three economists explains how the U.S. job ladder has been breaking for 40 years. This decades-long problem doesn’t affect just Gen Z but has also stymied wage growth for Americans in their 30s, 40s and 50s.

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