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Remote work, not AI, explains most graduate unemployment
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New York Fed researchers found that remote work, not AI, explains nearly two-thirds of rising unemployment among young graduates, since employers stopped hiring juniors they could not mentor in person.
Reported metric: ~2/3 of the rise
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- Welcome to June 3, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
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