[DuncanWaring]

Nice, pretty charts you’ve got there.

Now reconcile them with the fact that “Em”-ployment has been stuck for five years where it was during the dying days of the Carter administration.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Well that has the misfortune of not being true...

"Em"ployment is near an all time high. Since you mentioned the Carter administration here is the total non-farm payrolls from 1976-Present:

Enjoy!

[Wyatt's Torch]

Perhaps you are referring to labor participation rates. yes those have been declining (part structural part demographic). The peak of participation rate was in the 90's and has been declining ever since: