Asia’s Youth Job Squeeze: Inside China’s Record Graduate Influx and Vietnam’s AI Skills Gap
China's record 12.7 million graduates face a 15.6% youth jobless rate as AI reshapes hiring; Vietnam shows the same skills-gap pattern at smaller scale.
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The 4.2% Unemployment Rate Is Hiding a Grimmer Labor Market — And I'm Living Proof
U.S. unemployment fell to 4.2% in June 2026, but a 720,000-person labor force exodus — not hiring — drove the drop. Here's what the real number is, and why it matters for tech.
How AI Layoffs Can Trigger an Economic Spiral
A source-grounded explainer on how AI-driven displacement creates a self-reinforcing demand contraction — and what policy interventions are being proposed as circuit-breakers.