What do South Florida and the labor market have in common? The seniors outnumber the teenagers in both. For the first time ever, those over 65 years of age outnumber those 16-19 in the workforce. Catherine Rampell of the New York Times provides the chart:
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Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation.