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Re: The Limits To Growth
On Sun, 15 Dec 1996 17:51:12 GMT, samhall@dkdavis.com (Sam
Hall) wrote:
> The actual data for November 1996 is:
> 134,818,000 in the work force - 63.39% of the population
> 7,221,000 unemployed - 5.4% of the work force
> average time between jobs was 15.9 weeks
> 1,146,000 - ..095% of the work force had been out of work for more
> than 27 weeks
>
> Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
>
> The good news is that less than 1% appear to be long term unemployed,
> the bad news is that is still a million people.
The bad news is that the unemployment is seriously
understated. Those who have given up are not counted.
Those who are under-employed, just on part time, are
not counted. Anyone got more specific data?
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Mason A Clark masonc@ix.netcom.com
Political-Economics, Comets, Weather
The Healing Wisdom of Dr. P.P.Quimby
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3210
www.netcom.com/~masonc (slow,wait)
Vickery on the "Deficit" and notes on Vickrey
www.netcom.com/~masonc/vickrey.html
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3210/vickrey.html
The Boskin report on the CPI, itself and links:
www.naz.com/personal/masonc/boskin.html
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