Labor force participation rate
Subject in Business
Labor force participation rate has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mike RoweAmerican television host, narrator, author, creator of Dirty Jobs and founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation
- 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
Rowe, citing Nick Eberstadt, argues the unemployment statistic is an outdated artifact of the Great Depression.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
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026Mike Rowe
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
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
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.