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How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Childcare Industry
Episode 96 digs into a quiet crisis: stagflation is strangling the childcare industry. Lucas and Luna examine how rising costs and stagnant wages are forcing daycare centers to raise prices by 15-20% annually, even as enrollment drops. They discuss the 1970s parallels—when real wages fell and women entered the workforce in droves—and why today's childcare squeeze is different. With the labor force participation rate at a 50-year low and inflation still sticky, families are making brutal trade-offs: one parent quits work, grandparents step in, or centers shut down entirely. The hosts look…
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