In the News: The Incredibly Simple Reason Behind the Great Resignation.

I’m quite sure you’ve seen the news.

After the summer’s finger-wagging about how “nobody wanted to work anymore,” allegedly because of extended unemployment insurance, states across the country started rolling benefits back. It didn’t force anyone back to work—ultimately, the numbers after that took effect were pretty anemic—but it did demonstrate that the problem wasn’t that they could get more money off the government. For further evidence, all we need do is look at what's being called the “Great Resignation” that's now sweeping the country.