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OECD says ET was right about UK unemployment | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: OECD says ET was right about UK unemployment (4.00 / 2)

I wish I were a numbers wizard! But, anyway, you don't have to be a wizard to understand this. There are differences in the way countries handle unemploymant benefits and sickness benefits that lead to some people being in the sickness category who might just as well be in the unemployment category.

What I'm objecting to is the use of unemployment numbers as proof of who are supposed to be the winners and who are supposed to be the losers. And the nonstop echoing of this by the media.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Oct 23rd, 2005 at 03:43:58 PM EST
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Re: OECD says ET was right about UK unemployment (none / 0)

Did you realize how the Scandinavian countries are generally at the top of the list in every age and sex category?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Oct 23rd, 2005 at 03:56:46 PM EST
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Re: OECD says ET was right about UK unemployment (none / 0)

Yep. You'd have to be a specialist on the exact structure of each country's benefit systems to explain it, and I don't have anything like that omniscience.

Though I have read suggestions that the long winters and lack of light in Nordic countries lead to depression and other disorders. Does that have anything to do with it? Can anyone shed (cough cough) light on this?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Oct 23rd, 2005 at 04:10:19 PM EST
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