Alice Evans writes that working-age men in America aren't working.
7 million men aged 25-54 in the USA are not workingWhat are they doing?
Volunteering? Worship? Care-work?
"Playing Call of Duty stoned"
They report 2000 hours a year of screen time (w/ pain meds)
This phenomenon is far less severe in Western Europe
She has many charts and graphs that dig into the details.
My opinion is that we're beginning to see human workers displaced by automation in a way that doesn't create new jobs for the displaced humans. Men are more affected than women because women dominate "caring professions" that are harder to automate.
