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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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Political-Economics, Comets, Weather
The Healing Wisdom of Dr. P.P.Quimby
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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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