Derek Thompson — The Real Reason That Young People Can't Find Jobs

It's fairly amazing to write an article called "Why Young People Can't Find Work" that doesn't include the word recession or the phrase going to college, but the Wall Street Journal's opinion section is nothing if not consistently amazing, in its own way. So no surprise that in an op-ed in this morning's paper, Andrew Puzder, a restaurant executive, uses the question as a shoehorn to slip smoothly into a familiar criticism of Obamacare, which he blames for everything from depressing employment to destroying entry-level jobs.

Rather than pick on Puzder, I'd rather pick on his shoehorn: Why can't young people find work, really? There are three reasons.

The Atlantic
The Real Reason That Young People Can't Find Jobs
Derek Thompson