Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here

thenation.com — As summer quickly fades into the rearview mirror, one ritual of the season didn’t get nearly enough public attention: summer jobs for teenagers, and how few of them there were. The jobless rate among teenagers is at its highest levels since the government began tracking the numbers in 1948. More than a quarter of 16- to 19-year-olds (26.1 percent) are officially unemployed, meaning they are job-hunting but unable to find work. So, what does this mean beyond a bunch of teenagers without gas money, a few new video games or an outfit their parents won’t finance? Plenty.

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