Edition 037 · work · PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer
Jobs market trundles, still stuck in the mud
Despite job gains, the US labour market remains sluggish. Young people are frustrated. We need more than tepid growth.
FO Take · Score 21
The US labour market’s tepid growth is a damning indictment of a system designed to frustrate. Forget the “climb out of a rut”; this is a controlled descent into mediocrity. Young people are right to be furious. This isn't stability; it’s stagnation. When will we demand more than crumbs from the capitalist table?
The strongest counter
Job growth, however slow, is still growth. A stable market, even a stagnant one, offers a degree of certainty amidst global instability. Some progress is better than none at all.
