What Mike Rowe has said about Labor force participation rate
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 6, 2026
Mike Rowe, American television host, narrator, author, creator of Dirty Jobs and founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, has been quoted on Labor force participation rate 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on July 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rowe, citing Nick Eberstadt, argues the unemployment statistic is an outdated artifact of the Great Depression.
“Nick argues that the unemployment statistic in and of itself is an artifact of the Great Depression”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:16:15
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Rowe predicts U.S. unemployment will probably reach 5% in 2026 but with less impact than expected.
“I say we probably get to it. But I don't think it's going to have the impact that we think”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:30:53
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Rowe predicts U.S. unemployment will probably reach 5% in 2026 but with less impact than expected.
“I say we probably get to it. But I don't think it's going to have the impact that we think”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:30:53 · Labor force participation rate
Episodes
#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 6, 2026 · 3 h 44 min
Mike Rowe talks with Shawn Ryan about the American dream, the skilled-trades labor shortage, his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, losing his savings to fraud, and dangerous Dirty Jobs stories.
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