It has been almost two years since the economy recovered fully from the coronavirus pandemic, but more than 3 million workers are still missing from the workforce. University of Chicago economics professor Casey Mulligan and Heritage Foundation Research Fellow EJ Antoni believe they know why: State and federal governments are paying people not to work.

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