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Towards a New Left Economic Manifesto - part 2 | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Don't compare unemployment numbers? (none / 0)

Sadly, the joke in SF when the dotcom bubble burst was that when you became unemployed, you instantly became a "consultant". But actually, joking aside, there are a LOT of consultants in the European job market...and I should know, I'm one of them (I'm working though).

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Sep 28th, 2005 at 01:13:56 PM EST
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Oddly enough, I live in the bay area (none / 0)

and know exactly what you are talking about. My wife and I are both consultants, as are many of my neighbors and friends. But we are all working these days. And it's a slow process to go back to full time employment, due to more freedom as a consultant, and frankly for most of us better money.

by wchurchill on Wed Sep 28th, 2005 at 01:39:37 PM EST
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