Host Constance Draft examines the troubling divergence in America's economy: fourth-quarter 2025 labor productivity surged 2.8% while workers' share of income hit a record low, and February 2026 saw a stunning loss of 92,000 jobs against expectations of growth. As reported by the AP and other sources, this stark contradiction unfolds against a backdrop of rising oil prices from Iranian strikes, climbing unemployment, and stagflation warnings from Goldman Sachs—raising urgent questions about who actually benefits when American workers produce more with every hour they give.

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