The REAL Unemployment Numbers are Sickening

[Shpira]

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fuck this country. i just spent two years abroad and was told by the state of MA that they won't do anything to help me out financially even though i paid my taxes here while i was abroad. meanwhile, i can't find work here, but easily snatched up another job overseas that starts in august. did I mention France gave me some extra cash while I was there because of the shit economy and i'm not even an EU citizen?
fuck this country and its economy. i think i'm going to emigrate. MA wants to increase sales tax now too. what a fucking mess

you should

[srbbnd]

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Does anyone have a update on this link. In my managerial economics class everyone states how are unemployment rate is actually no that bad compared to the great depression. However, I always try to state that people who work an hour week are considered employed and that current employement is highly overstated. I would like to see how they calculate that statistic.

[Lorn]

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Does anyone have a update on this link. In my managerial economics class everyone states how are unemployment rate is actually no that bad compared to the great depression. However, I always try to state that people who work an hour week are considered employed and that current employement is highly overstated. I would like to see how they calculate that statistic.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

There is the official report. Look at Table A-12 on page 19. The number the media reports is the U-3 number. U-6 is a much more accurate number which includes part-time workers wanting full time jobs, discouraged workers and marginally attached workers.

15.8%

[floridaorange]

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^Hey Lorn, thanks for this!

[srbbnd]

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So what was the method used to determine unemployment in the Great Depression? Were part time workers considered employed?

[subterFUSE]

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What makes you "sickened" about America's unemployment rate? What's Canada's?

Fuck Canada..... what's his beloved France's unemployment rate?

[|Thrax|]

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they just sip wine and make out under the eiffel tower all day

[Lorn]

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So what was the method used to determine unemployment in the Great Depression? Were part time workers considered employed?

Here are some links to the BLS website.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch2_a.htm

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm

I don't think they answer your question specifically. Seems the methods used today were just being developed back then.

Here is a pdf with data back to 1940. Oldest I could find on the site.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat1.pdf

[chloe harris]

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