Yes and no. A couple things worth flagging:
August:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): –357k
- Part-time (<35 hrs): +597k
- Invol part-time (economic reasons): +65k (+284k since June)
The risk isn’t vanishing jobs, it’s jobs hollowing out.
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America 2025: The Vice President doesn’t care if it’s a war crime. Cool cool cool.
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Anytime!
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This comes from the BLS Household Survey (Current Population Survey), Table A-9: Selected Employment Indicators in the Employment Situation release:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): LNS12500000
- Part-time (<35 hrs): LNS12600000
You can see the full tables here: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M08 Results
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Full-time work: -357k Part-time: +597k.
People aren’t finding jobs, they’re settling for hours.
#JobMarket #LaborReport #EconSky
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Bread and circuses for all!
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When hedge fund billionaires start sounding the alarm on inequality, you know the system is cooked. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, billionaire warns
Ray Dalio says business leaders scared to criticise Donald Trump as he warns of debt-induced crisis for the economy
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Fitting contrast on Labor Day:
- Roosevelt fought for shorter hours & better pay
- Trump said workers get too many holidays
#LaborDay
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Told y’all this wasn’t gonna go well.
Damnit… I’m gonna have to write a whole research paper and get this peer reviewed, aren’t I?
I spent a decade in dairy so I was only trying to figure out how bad the FDA’s recent decision to suspend Grade A milk could get and it’s… concerning.
#PublicHealth #EconSky #DataVisualization #EpiSky
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Not silent, just overshadowed. They made a public announcement, it just got buried because the Pope literally died the day before.
Definitely wasn’t quiet but wasn’t a focus for most.
Brad Smith (@bee.radley) on Threads
Damnit… I’m gonna have to write a whole research paper and get this peer reviewed, aren’t I? I spent a decade in dairy so I was only trying to figure out how bad the FDA’s recent decision to suspend...
Damnit… I’m gonna have to write a whole research paper and get this peer reviewed, aren’t I?
I spent a decade in dairy so I was only trying to figure out how bad the FDA’s recent decision to suspend Grade A milk could get and it’s… concerning.
#PublicHealth #EconSky #DataVisualization #EpiSky
