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Ken Henry — An Economic Odyssey

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Employment

50% of men above the age of 45 who lost their jobs just never returned. Never worked again. That is that is that's haunted me for a very long time and it was certainly playing on my mind during 2008. I remember reading that you were haunted by one particular statistic that emerged from that recession. You know, actually my father is now deceased, but. And actually died 18 years ago. But in that period in the late 1980s, as we were having these discussions in the office,. I did say to him, look, this economy is just going nuts, you know, and he said: "You can't allow yourself to think like that" He said nothing excuses or

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