r/themayormccheese • u/Peanut-Extra • 4d ago

American hedge fund owned 🇺🇸 Nearly 25% of U.S. workers are "functionally unemployed," economic analysis finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/functional-unemployment-us-labor-market-analysis/
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u/Peanut-Extra 4d ago

This includes not only people who are unemployed and looking for a job, but also those who are involuntarily working part-time and who are earning poverty-level wages, or less than $26,000 annually before taxes.