Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which is why many economists prefer to look at the employment ratio instead of the unemployment rate. That is defined as the % of people of working age (18-64, say) who are employed. This gets around the problem of different countries using different definitions of unemployment. Using that measure, the US, UK, the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands do very well. Nathan jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote: > Sonny's correct on this... I forget under whose Presidency (Carter/Reagan) > that some Economist re defined the "unemployed" You also drop off the > unemployed list when your benefits run out.... > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: SonC@aol.com > >> You are not considered unemployed in the US if you are not looking for >> work. >> >> "Despite their great numbers, many of the men not working are missing >> from >> the nation???s best-known statistic on unemployment. The jobless rate is >> now a >> low 4.6 percent, yet that number excludes most of the missing men, >> because they >> have stopped looking for work and are therefore not considered >> officially >> unemployed. That makes the unemployment rate a far less useful measure >> of the >> country???s well-being than it once was." >> >> much more here: >> >> >> http://dotcommonsense.blog-city.com/clue_to_the_low_unemloyment_rate__12_of_me >> n_in_prime_work_ye.htm >> >> http://tinyurl.com/2bwz5c >> >> Regards, >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >> ??galit??, libert??, crawfish >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!