seems like the issue might be the economy is more active than ever and there just arent enough employable people to go around (I say employable because there seems to be a growing class of people unable or unwilling to be employed, for whatever reason).

In a way it kind of looks to me like we have reached peak population, at least in the US. Every generation hereafter will have a workforce equal or less than the current in size. That is, unless birth rates change or immigration is allowed on a larger scale.