Via American Greatness,
The number of American men participating in the workforce has fallen to one of its lowest levels in nearly two decades, according to new federal labor statistics.
Just 66 percent of men age 20 and older were employed or actively seeking work as of April, according to data released earlier this month by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure has dropped sharply from 73 percent in 2006 and now sits near levels last seen during the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis.
The numbers mean roughly one in three American men are no longer in the workforce.
The only modern period with lower participation rates came during the economic devastation caused by the 2020 pandemic, when male workforce participation collapsed to 59 percent.
While employment rates gradually recovered during the years following the Great Recession, those gains were wiped out during the pandemic downturn. Participation rebounded somewhat within two years before beginning another steady decline that has continued into 2026.
The downward trend appears ongoing. Male workforce participation fell another full percentage point in April compared with the same period in 2025, according to Labor Department data.
Several economic shifts are contributing to the decline.
Industries that have traditionally employed large numbers of men including transportation, manufacturing and other labor-intensive sectors, have shed jobs over the past year, according to the Washington Post.
At the same time, growing numbers of retirees and male students have reduced the share of men participating in the labor market.
The labor picture for women has followed a different trajectory.
Female workforce participation also declined during the past two decades, though the swings have been less dramatic. Women saw only a 2-point decline during the 2008 recession, compared with a 5-point drop for men.
Women’s labor force participation has also remained more stable since the pandemic recovery, never falling below 56 percent since 2022.
The economy increasingly appears to favor sectors dominated by female workers. Healthcare and education jobs have grown over the past year, helping women capture nearly all recent job gains.
Of the 369,000 jobs added to the US economy since 2025, 96 perent went to women while just 4 percent went to men, according to the Washington Post.
Despite the shrinking share of men participating in the labor force, male unemployment has remained relatively low, hovering between 3 percent and 4 percent since 2021.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/one-three-american-men-no-longer-working
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Powerful Microcomputers Will Make Data Centers OBSOLETE!
The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is priced at $249 USD.
(Phones and laptops can be used to do secret searches.)
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THE FRONT LINE IS COLLAPSING. 4 VILLAGES CAPTURED IN 24 HOURS
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We will not do anything until we receive payment of $12 billion. Nothing happens until cash is released. ‘We have not agreed to open Hormuz without tolls.’
Fars also rejected Trump’s claim that Iran would dismantle or destroy its nuclear material, saying informed sources described the assertion as baseless and absent from the memorandum.
The report said the most important part of the draft is an immediate payment of $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets, adding that Tehran would not enter any further phase of negotiations until the money is released.”
https://citizenwatchreport.com/we-will-not-do-anything-until-we-receive-payment-of-12-billion-nothing-happens-until-cash-is-released-we-have-not-agreed-to-open-hormuz-without-tolls/#more-222586
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AI Bubble Is Officially Starting to Crack — Michael Burry Just Called the Top on These Massive IPOs
Why do you think the AI companies are rushing to get IPOs? They are trying to offload the bag before skipping out.
Meta launches AI leaderboard to track employees, then shuts it down within days
This is a good and interesting article about how much of the AI market is smoke and mirrors, with large tech firms inflating their books through circular financing and aggressive spending: The Great AI Loop: Why ‘Circular Financing’ is Raising Alarms on Wall Street
You also have Michael Burry doubling down on the AI bubble thesis and doing a good job explaining his perspective on his Substack and how the market is not reflecting sound metrics.
See also Trade finance retreat is starting in Africa and exposing wider emerging market vulnerability
Personally, I think a lot of this eventually has to come down. Many of the AI services being sold to businesses and the value being offered at massive scale and cost can be replicated for a fraction of the price using local LLMs and in-house infrastructure. The current bottleneck is that businesses still need knowledgeable people to help them navigate implementation and integration.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/ai-bubble-is-officially-starting-to-crack-michael-burry-just-called-the-top-on-these-massive-ipos/
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Consumer Savings Just Got Obliterated to 2.6 Percent and This Fake Spending Boom Is About to Snap
Savings rate plunged from 5.5% to 2.6% in one year — people straight up draining reserves and maxing credit cards just to keep buying.
CNBC and ZeroHedge both flashing the exact same red flag: real incomes decaying fast.
Last two months alone saw a full 1% collapse, now kissing all-time lows. This isn’t a strong economy.
It’s exhausted households burning the final fuel to pretend everything’s fine.
The music’s stopping any second now. Brace.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/consumer-savings-just-got-obliterated-to-2-6-percent-and-this-fake-spending-boom-is-about-to-snap/
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