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CS Monitor: stats are only good when they suit us | 12 comments (12 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (4.00 / 3)

Not only the 1.5% in prison - what about every lowly employee in that vast industry called the Pentagon. Many join as recruits precisely because otherwise there was no hope for them where they were.

I don't know the figures, but I expect ordinary military personnel could take a half a point off the unemployed figure.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:52:21 AM EST

Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (none / 1)

The basic point is that comparing unemployment statistics across economic regions with different structures makes no sense at all.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:54:09 AM EST
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Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (4.00 / 2)

Yes. I followed that earlier diary. I agree.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:59:57 AM EST
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Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (none / 1)

An effective way of cutting the unemployment rate in a country is to forbid people on unemployment benefit from looking for a job more than once a month. They won't show up in the household survey as unemployed half the time then ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 12:05:02 PM EST
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Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (none / 0)

From paranoia level bordeaux, I would have to be shown French sources that confirm that everytime a US soldier is moved from one base to another, or redeployed to the ME, it is not counted as a new job created.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 06:51:40 PM EST
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