P.S. I agree with Greg that this growth rate sucks.

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P.S. I agree with Greg that this growth rate sucks.

Tom Brosz — 1/13/2004 9:45:33 PM (archived)

One wonders if job growth can be an infinite upward climb. If it eventually plateaus, and the population doesn't, we could be in trouble. On the other hand, a huge number of jobs now being done didn't even exist thirty years ago, so who knows?

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employment and the labor force - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:43:51 AM
- Some more fun with statistics, or: where did those lost jobs all go? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 12:06:13 AM
  - job creation has been slower than in almost any previous recovery, and wage growth has slowed to a crawl - Greg - 1/13/2004 5:00:17 PM
    - Did you even read my post? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:26:20 PM
      - that always happens - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:33:23 AM
      - To reiterate: since January of 2001, America has created almost 690,000 jobs. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:39:50 PM
        
        so what? - Greg - 1/15/2004 9:53:29 AM
        
        re: so what? - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 7:49:48 AM
        
        so we're back to those pesky references - Greg - 1/16/2004 11:56:47 AM
        
        Don't know why I'm bothering, but... - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:58:12 PM
        
        Ah, the quiet sound of chirping crickets... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 3:28:47 AM
        
        I see no references, just a petition from a partisan special interest group. (n/t) - Greg - 1/20/2004 3:44:23 AM
        
        "Economists? I see no economists. Does anyone else see economists?" LOL!! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 4:38:20 AM
        
        Did you read your own post? - Greg - 1/20/2004 8:16:44 AM
        
        re: Did you read your own post? - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 11:37:36 PM
        
        reasoning from observation? - Greg - 1/21/2004 8:30:24 AM
        
        re: "Reasoning from observation? Is there such a thing?" 'Nuff said. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 8:50:43 PM
        
        P.S. I agree with Greg that this growth rate sucks. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:45:33 PM
  - I wonder how many illeagal immigrent jobs are being counted as well. - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:44:43 PM
    - P.S. with a population of nearly 300,000,000 you mean that fully 1/2 of all americans don't work? - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:46:46 PM
      - That's about right - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:36:30 PM
        
        Lazy old people and women need to get back to work - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 6:34:59 PM
- Thats because many are now self-employed. - Scott Evil - 1/12/2004 6:01:46 PM
- Unfortunately, you seem to be correct. The employment rate (% of persons employed) has gone DOWN. This is very bad news. I don't see any recovery of jobs coming in the next few years. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 6:18:37 AM
  - they are also pointing out something else - Greg - 1/11/2004 7:19:34 AM
    - re: maybe they are starting their own businesses - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:05:23 PM
      - re: Another possible explanation - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:15:48 PM
        
        Juggling figures - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 8:39:03 PM
        
        To me, what matters is the percentage of adults between 18 and say 65 or 70 who are working. I am sure that the rate has gone down in the past decade. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 11:13:59 PM
        
        Mystery solved, it's early retirement for college males - Greg - 1/13/2004 4:55:48 PM
        
        my guess is cellge males are trying to wait out the recession on credit instead of taking a low paying job. (n/t) - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:54:16 PM

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