America’s got talent, but it’s losing its grip

America Is Facing a Great Talent Recession — Adrian Wooldridge The latest monthly jobs report was much better than expected, but nonetheless [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [America Is Facing a Great Talent Recession]( — Adrian Wooldridge The latest monthly jobs report was [much better than expected](, but nonetheless finds employers across the U.S. still crying out in vain for workers. Goods are undelivered for want of truckers. Code is unwritten for want of coders. Even the Internal Revenue Service’s [struggle to have enough people to deal with taxes on time]( is bordering on the apocalyptic. The obvious reason for all of this, of course, is the coronavirus pandemic, supercharged by the omicron strain. Yet in many ways the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the workforce, whether through workers calling in sick or choosing to drop out, merely highlights problems that were already in place or at least on the horizon. Read the [whole thing](. [Be Warned — the Turbulence This Time Is Different]( — John Authers [Joe Rogan Shows We’re Trapped in Spotify’s Cage]( — Lionel Laurent [Rise in Inventories Sounds an Alarm About Inflation]( — Richard Cookson [Down Payments for Housing Have No Place in the Stock Market]( — Erin Lowry [Ukraine Crisis Boosts Macron’s Call for a European Army]( — James Stavridis [The 30% Rule Is Nonsense in 2022]( — Alexis Leondis [U.S. Isn’t Ready for Nuclear Rivalry With China and Russia]( — Hal Brands [There’s a Russia-Sized Mystery in China’s Electricity Sector]( — David Fickling [Conservative Justices Are Walking Into Their Own Trap]( — Noah Feldman More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been talking about this week. - Watch: [Risks & Rewards]( with Lisa Abramowicz and John Authers - Listen: Bloomberg Westminster, “[Get the Checkbook Out](” with Adrian Wooldridge - Listen: “Follow the Science” with Faye Flam: [What It Means If Covid-19 Becomes Endemic]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Like Bloomberg Opinion Today? [Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access and get much, much more](. You’ll receive our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022