Where DID All the Jobs Go? The Mystery of Rising Unemployment.

The Missing Middle Podcast · May 14, 2025 · 24m

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:13 Job market statistics

02:10 Why the job market is so bad right now

04:27 Different ways to measure the job market

07:02 Things are particularly bad in Ontario

09:02 High unemployment fractures the social fabric

11:25 The impact of a slow job market on lifetime earning

13:32 How youth unemployment shapes political priorities

14:58 Will the soft job market result in increased school enrollment?

17:40 Is an improved credential worth the cost?

20:41 Job searching lasting over six months

22:08 Solutions and policy recommendations

Research/links

Canadian Labour…