There is a current skills shortage despite low unemployment because millions of people have voluntarily retired from the labor force before retirement age; they prefer to accept lower income rather than work, indicating that most people find their jobs very unrewarding.

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Rupert Sheldrake

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what seems to have happened is a large number of people have just voluntarily retired from the labor force before retirement age simply can't be bothered to have a job and that must mean a drop in income but there's millions of people who prepared to take that rather than carry on

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Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin in conversationDr Iain McGilchrist
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:27:29 PM

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