Republicans say enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits are what's keeping people out of the workforce. That could be playing a role, but the complete picture is far more complicated.
NPR chief economic correspondent
Scott Horsley lays out the evidence for what's really behind the
struggle to find workers. Stacey Vanek Smith, host of NPR's daily economics podcast
The Indicator, explains why the problem may be specific to a certain subset of the economy. More from the Indicator on
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