Morning Briefing 2018-03-21

Morning Briefing is also available. (1) Fed officials watch prime-age male dropouts. (2) Nonparticipating slackers. (3) Fed study finds that technology is creating “job polarization.” (4) Vanishing “middle-skills” jobs. (5) Education level matters more than ever. (6) Almost half of nonparticipating prime-age males are on daily pain medication. (7) Fed study explains productivity slowdown resulting from retiring older workers being replaced by younger ones. (8) Technology could overcome Age Wave in productivity equation. (9) Only immigration can halt America’s evolution to same aging profile as Japan’s current geriatric society.