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is フリーター fureetah (≈ freeter, from free[lance] + Arbeiter).

This species is closely related to the NEET, or ニート neeto as they are familiarly known in Japan.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 12:34:20 PM EST
... NEETs (No Employment, Education or Training), which is a subgroup of the group known as "slackers" in the US.

An excellent anime about a NEET is Welcome to the NHK (Wikipedia), which was once available for free streaming at Crunchyroll (free streaming being within the budget of many a NEET), but no longer.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 12:39:44 PM EST
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Here we're talking about plenty of education and training and no employment.

In fact, ZP recently proposed making free master's level education available to unemployed mileuristas. As if the problem were that their excessive training is out of line with the demands of the job market, rather than the fact that there just aren't enough jobs out there.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 01:53:35 PM EST
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... the assumptions of mainstream economic models. The unemployment will automatically correct itself in the long term, and the more skilled the workforce is as it automatically corrects itself, the higher the competitive wage will be when the labor market arrives at it.

There you go, what a lovely feeling of relief comes from soaking in the assumptions of the mainstream economic models ...

... just like using the last of your last credit card balance for charging a soak in a hot spring, before declaring bankruptcy and moving out into the street.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 03:59:28 PM EST
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... available to many NEETs in Japan ... Employment, Education and Training summarizing the categories of occupations that are suitable for 18-39 year olds, then 18-39 year olds that are NOT in EET, that's a "social problem".


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 04:39:31 PM EST
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Generation Praktikum

Génération précaire

CDD

Temp

Intern

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 08:34:27 AM EST
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Also in Spain: precarios.org
Precarios.org es la página oficial de la Federación de Jóvenes Investigadores (FJI/Precarios). Desde su creación en abril del 2000, nuestro esfuerzo ha estado en la mejora de las condiciones laborales de los jóvenes investigadores, la dignificación de la profesión, la lucha por la eliminación de toda clase de becas que encubren puestos laborales y la elaboración de propuestas de cara a mejorar la situación de la ciencia y el I+D+i en España.
A pun on becarios (grant holders or interns depending on the context).

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 08:40:28 AM EST
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アルバイト arubaito (Arbeit/er),

which reminded me of the other obvious one in English:  Part-time worker

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 08:38:26 AM EST
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What's up with the German-origin names? (BTW, fureetah could as well be all-german, as a sort for freiberufliche Arbeiter; though the (much) more common German term is just "Freiberufler".)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 08:47:44 AM EST
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Apparently, during the Meiji era, it was "cool" among students to say "Arbeit" to refer to some kind of work you migh have after or between classes, such as tutoring younger pupils.  From that origin in student slang, the word spread into wider usage, especially after World War II.

During the Meiji period, the Japanese implemented major innovations that they sought from and found in Western countries.  France and the United States had significant influence in the modernization of the Japanese educational system.  I have read that Germany did as well, though not as prominently.  So why students latched onto a German word, I don't know.  For Japanese, Arbeit is arguably easier to pronounce than travail, but quite harder than job.  Then again, towards the end of Meiji, the poor bastards had to wear school outfits based on Prussian military uniforms, and Prussia was the rising big dog in Europe, so maybe German was the foreign language to use if a student wanted sound tough and cool.  (Pure speculation.)

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 02:34:43 PM EST
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