Men Without Work

He's written a lot about China and depopulation.

The book he wrote that really made me think was called Men Without Work.

And he was one of the first people to address that issue in America.

And those issues, of course, are entirely linked.

I think he may have changed his mind.

I mean, just because of what we've seen about the men without work.

I mean, men without work are in effect on a UBI already.

And it's not a very pretty picture of what people are.

Economists, again, back to the recovering economist kind of part of me.

We haven't settled on the definition of, of meaningful work just yet.

But the other thing I would tell you is there's a terrific book you would love called Men Without Work.

It was written by an economist called Nick Eberstadt, and it was so good that it was republished during the lockdowns, 'cause everything he wrote in 2005 became a kind of prophecy, you know? And he points out that 6.9 million able-bodied men right now today are not only not working, they're not, they're not looking for work.

Why?