There’s no widespread layoffs, and the unemployment rate kicked down, but economists expected double the amount of new jobs added. Plus, wage growth, de-extinction, the “lump of labor” fallacy, Saudi Aramco, and a social worker with a tour guide side hustle.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported just 57,000 new jobs in June. Economists had expected double that.

There’s no widespread layoffs, and the unemployment rate kicked down, but economists expected double the amount of new jobs added. Plus, wage growth, de-extinction, the “lump of…