Radical massive job destruction is imminent; new creation will lag, causing devastation for a few years.

Radical massive job destruction is imminent; new creation will lag, causing devastation for a few years. | radical job destruction is imminent. Okay. Radical. I mean, massive job destruction is imminent. And there will be new creation just like the industrial revolution, but the new creation is lagging. And unless the government gets its act together in some way, shape or form, it's going to be, you know, a window of time, a few years of complete devastation. | BLS job reports + layoff announcement tracking

Key catalyst: BLS job reports + layoff announcement tracking

Watch events: BLS employment reports; tech layoff trackers; Underemployment rate; Yang quarterly updates

radical job destruction is imminent. Okay. Radical. I mean, massive job destruction is imminent. And there will be new creation just like the industrial revolution, but the new creation is lagging. And unless the government gets its act together in some way, shape or form, it's going to be, you know, a window of time, a few years of complete devastation.

Dave's 'imminent radical job destruction'. Layoffs accelerating but not yet at the scale he describes.

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Adverse (6)

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