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Kurt Viermetz Lecture

Overlooked Crisis: The Postwar Collapse of Work for American Men

For roughly half a century—until the 2016 elections—America’s academic, media, and policy circles generally overlooked a steadily mounting national crisis: the long-term decline in employment and labor force involvement of working-age men. Work rates today for US men are comparable to some Great Depression years; seven million American men of “prime working age” (25-54) are neither working nor looking for work. This lecture, by political scientist Nicholas Eberstadt, of the American Enterprise Institute, will outline the dimensions of modern America’s “Men without Work”  problem, examine some of its possible causes, and discuss approaches to addressing this grave national ill.

02 Nov 17
Social Sciences
02.11.2017
19:30 - 21:00
American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee

This event took place on November 2, 2017.

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