Broadcast Retirement Network
Broadcast Retirement Network
Jeffrey Snyder
832,000 Out of the Workforce: Why Prime-Age Men Are “Quietly” Dropping Out
14 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2026 at 11:30 am.
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In this episode, we break down a startling labor market trend with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, a labor economist and Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. We discuss why hundreds of thousands of Americans aren’t in the labor force (NILF) and—most importantly—the much deeper problem affecting prime-age adults (25–54), including the “NEET” group that is neither employed nor in education or training.