{
  "id": 15596,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/01/the-labor-market-could-become-so-backward-that-the-economy-will-have-to-shed-jobs-to-keep-unemployment-steady",
  "title": "The labor market could become so backward that the economy will have to shed jobs to keep unemployment steady",
  "summary": "\"Today, the labor market’s speed limit is much lower than just a few years ago, setting the stage for a jobless expansion.\"",
  "authors": "Jason Ma",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-01T23:15:22.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-02T05:10:30.790Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15596",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/01/the-labor-market-could-become-so-backward-that-the-economy-will-have-to-shed-jobs-to-keep-unemployment-steady",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}