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The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower

American Workforce 2040

Season 3 Episode 302

Our panel explores issues including the proper target for workforce participation, potential ways to address decreases in workforce participation by non-college educated men, the potential costs and benefits on the workforce of the next wave of automation and artificial intelligence advancements and, more generally, the future of work in our country.

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