I've raised the question several times. We keep hearing about the unemployment rate dropping, yet the labor force participation rate is a tad lower than when Trump assumed office.
Men are going galt, the workplace is far more hostle towards them, many areas have done a lot of work to get rid of men working in them.
There’s the ageing of the population, but Obama also piled people into disability benefits—and once people are approved for that they don’t want to risk such a lifelong gravy train for what could end up being a short-term job.