#196 Planet Money: Grandmother vs. Grandson, Steel-Cage Match




Planet Money show

Summary: Max Marion-Spencer is 18 and unemployed -- despite having applied for jobs at Quizno's, McDonald's, Arby's, Food Lion and Dollar General. His grandmother, Alice Terry, is 62, and works as a high school teacher. On today's Planet Money, Max and Alice join us to interview for a fake job. Fake-job title: Human manifestation of an economic trend. The trend: In the U.S. workforce, teenagers are now outnumbered by people who are 65 or older.