America has a workforce crisis. The solution is already here — and it's being wasted

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In February, the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs. Unemployment rose to 4.4 %. Economists had expected modest growth. Instead, job losses swept through construction, manufacturing, restaurants, administrative services, and healthcare.

But the deeper crisis isn’t a bad month. It’s a structural transformation that has been building for years.