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This summer, fewer young people in the U.S. are employed than at any time since the government began keeping track.
On Wednesday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report that found just 48.8 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds had jobs in July.
St. Louis Public Radio’s Maria Altman spoke with Michael Saltsman, a research fellow at the Employment Policies Institute, about what the numbers mean.
- For more perspective on the issue of youth unemployment, see this feature from last year from Maria Altman.
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