Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The United States gained 200,000 fewer jobs than we thought over the last three months. Economist Justin Wolfers (@PlatypusEconomics) is worried—and on this episode of What Next with host Mary Harris, he explains why you should be too.
“So one of the biggest stories that we don’t talk about because there’s so much to talk about is what does a low population growth economy look like? Because the U.S. has not slowly eased its way into it the way other countries did. The U.S. threw on the brake. And even if you thought in the long run it would work out, that could cause a lot of weird repercussions in the short run. And we haven’t had time to talk about it because we’ve been talking about wars and trade wars and every other damn thing.”
Hear Wolfers break down the July jobs report, including how we got to this moment and what advice he has on how to navigate the information now coming out of D.C., when you watch the full conversation now: youtu.be/eH-XojmknLY?si=TEvw4f_gncVxycyr
#economy #jobs #trump #podcast
The United States gained 200,000 fewer jobs than we thought over the last three months. Economist Justin Wolfers (@PlatypusEconomics) is worried—and on this episode of What Next with host Mary Harris, he explains why you should be too.
“So one of the biggest stories that we don’t talk about because there’s so much to talk about is what does a low population growth economy look like? Because the U.S. has not slowly eased its way into it the way other countries did. The U.S. threw on the brake. And even if you thought in the long run it would work out, that could cause a lot of weird repercussions in the short run. And we haven’t had time to talk about it because we’ve been talking about wars and trade wars and every other damn thing.”
Hear Wolfers break down the July jobs report, including how we got to this moment and what advice he has on how to navigate the information now coming out of D.C., when you watch the full conversation now: youtu.be/eH-XojmknLY?si=TEvw4f_gncVxycyr
#economy #jobs #trump #podcast
