Some interesting data to look at. This is a metric I've never seen referenced before, and it's a bit disheartening... Is the economy really doing better?
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-job-market-is-getting-worse-because-of-population-growth-2016-8?amp
**misleading scale**
And another possible contributor in all this. I've long thought that CEOs are over payed and don't deserve the safety nets they enjoy while they cut the ropes out from their employees. They need to get their heads out of their asses and focus on what's best for the company, and not the stock holder. So much money abd innovation has been wasted on mergers, for so little gain...
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/08/04/acquisitions-share-buybacks-financial-engineering-fail-to-produce-organic-economic-growth/