A third of working age men are neither employed nor looking for work. The big question is whether America's long term labor problem will be the stumbling block that prevents the Biden administration from achieving its goals. If I were to sit at my desk and think of what policies America might come up with to achieve its stated goals, they wouldn't necessarily look like the ones the Biden administration has presented. One could think about a real proliferation of trade deals with American allies rather than a surge in domestic subsidies.