Rand Issues Commentary: Un-Retiring - How Older Workers Could Solve Rural America's Labor Crisis
January 07, 2026
January 07, 2026
SANTA MONICA, California, Jan. 7 -- Rand issued the following commentary on Jan. 6, 2026:
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Un-Retiring: How Older Workers Could Solve Rural America's Labor Crisis
By David Luckey
Ed Chandler, 73, worked most of his life in a West Virginia factory. It didn't take long for him to get bored when he retired. "You can only cut so much grass and piddle around in the garden so much," he said. So he did what a growing number of . . .
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Un-Retiring: How Older Workers Could Solve Rural America's Labor Crisis
By David Luckey
Ed Chandler, 73, worked most of his life in a West Virginia factory. It didn't take long for him to get bored when he retired. "You can only cut so much grass and piddle around in the garden so much," he said. So he did what a growing number of . . .