Kai Risdahl

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13,684 appearances 88 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 2d ago

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Marketplace · Imports are way, way up · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

The US workforce, though, is not a monolith. voice-verified

170-ish million people in different categories and different places with vastly different occupations. voice-verified

And it turns out that half of that labor force right now, the half or so without college degrees, is having a very different year than the other half. voice-verified

Dad Levinon wrote about it the other day. voice-verified

He's the chief economist at the Burning Glass Institute. voice-verified

Welcome to the program. voice-verified

Thanks for having me. voice-verified

Uh you have written and we have all heard and we've reported on this program um that it's uh it's been a tough year for recent college graduates. voice-verified

Tell me though uh about this other half of what you write. voice-verified

For those uh at the at the lower end of the employment spectrum, uh they are getting more jobs, there are more jobs for them to have. voice-verified

What's the pay in those jobs? voice-verified

Are wages uh doing them any good? voice-verified

Just to be clear here, it's not like it's bad out there for recent college graduates, right? voice-verified

I mean they're still getting jobs at some decent rate. voice-verified

All right, so roll it in uh all together for me. voice-verified

Macroeconomic conditions, things like uh interest rates and unemployment rate and the overall labor market. voice-verified

Does this trend for the folks on the lower end of that spectrum, does the trend hold, do you voice-verified

Lavanone, uh Chief Economist at the Burning Glass Institute. voice-verified

God, thanks very much for your time. voice-verified

I appreciate it. voice-verified

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