America's True Unemployment Rate

Re:America's True Unemployment Rate by duxup on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:11AM (#24837469)

I feel like it is on the reader to understand that to some extent everything about measuring is about HOW you measure.

This article is one of MANY that recognize this, and it's by a journalist, and I've seen politicians note it as well....

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Re:America's True Unemployment Rate by zdragnar on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:32AM (#24837742)

Sean Hannity talked about it non-stop during Obama's second term, then mysteriously dropped it when Trump took office.

Basically, there are no surprises here. Everyone uses the numbers that favor them and hurt their opponents. Everyone.

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Re:America's True Unemployment Rate by duxup on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:25PM (#24839259)

I think there is a varying level of folks intent and awareness of their biases to the extent that 'everyone' isn't accurate.

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