And, yes, I DO take it personally: Percent Job Losses in Post WWII Recessions

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Friday, February 03, 2012

Percent Job Losses in Post WWII Recessions

atrios...

Ultimately the point is that in February of 2012, this is still the scariest chart ever. Hopefully it will continue to become less scary more fast, but I don't think anybody can declare with any confidence that this is inevitable. People can believe that, of course, but it isn't yet obviously true.

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yeah, it's scarey all right... besides me, i know at least a half dozen other people who are looking for work, some of them for over two years...

Labels: Great Recession, recession, structural unemployment, unemployment