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Summer Youth Unemployment Rate Falls to Half-Century Low

Writer's picture: Katherine SchoonoverKatherine Schoonover

"Summer unemployment among young Americans is the lowest it has been since the 1960s. The unemployment rate for Americans between ages 16 and 24 ticked down to 9.1% in July from 9.2% a year earlier, the lowest such rate since July 1966, when youth unemployment was 8.8%, the Labor Department said..."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-youth-unemployment-rate-falls-to-half-century-low-11565975335

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Aug 17, 2019

To me, this is a good sign that more kids are developing a work ethic, with the goal of being productive and self-reliant. I was beginning to think our youth was doomed with the entitlement mentality that the public school systems have so irresponsibly instilled in most of them.

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