Betsey Stevenson, Columnist

For Too Many, the Job Market Isn't Working

Getting people back into the labor force would benefit everyone.

July 8, 2016 at 4:44 PM UTC

Corrected

July 8, 2016 at 7:51 PM UTC

Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She was on the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and was chief economist at the US Department of Labor.

Don't be discouraged.
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For all the encouraging headlines that the strong June jobs report has generated, it also illustrates a major challenge for the U.S. economy: Too many people are still not working or not even trying to find work.

The malaise can be remedied, if we can find the political will.