Tag Archives: Employment rate

Is the economy in worse shape than the Obama defenders suggest? Um, yes.

YESTERDAY on Twitter, economist Justin Wolfers, whose wife is on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tweeted out the following: Bottom line: Demographics are driving labor force participation rate down. It’s here to stay. Get used to it. #BPEA pic.twitter.com/bGrtfvNfyw — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) September 12, 2014 That post was a follow up to a post […]