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Re:The Sharing Economy Was Dead on Arrival by sroussey on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @06:08PM (#18668517)
Labor participation rate is a better number to follow. The headline you are quoting assumes you have a job once your unemployment runs out.

Look around any city and see the homeless. It’s been increasing, and not just in SF.

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Re:The Sharing Economy Was Dead on Arrival by tryptophan on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:21PM (#18669632)
No its not, unless of course you are implying the growing elderly population should be working and the fact that they are not is somehow a problem.

The metric(U3/U6) has also been measured the same way forever. Is trumpler now measuring people as employed once their unemployment runs out at a greater/lesser rate than before? I would guess no. This means comparisons across time are valid, despite the metric having flaws.

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