According to the government’s broadest measure of unemployment, some 17.5 percent are either without a job entirely or underemployed. The so-called U-6 number is at the highest rate since becoming an official labor statistic in 1994. The number dwarfs the statistic most people pay attention to—the U-3 rate—which most recently showed unemployment at 10.2 percent [...]
Archive for November, 2009
24 Nov
Quote of the Day
‘Fatal Sequence’ Again and again after freedom has brought opportunity and some degree of plenty, the competent become selfish, luxury-loving and complacent, the incompetent and the unfortunate grow envious and covetous, and all three groups turn aside from the hard road of freedom to worship the Golden Calf of economic security. The historical cycle seems [...]
23 Nov
“Hide the Decline”: E-Mails Reveal How ‘Scientists’ Discussed “Climate Change” Hoax (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Phil Jones steps down: Professor Phil Jones, the director of a research unit at the centre of a row over climate change data, has said he will stand down from the post while an independent review takes place. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6703400/Professor-at-centre-of-climate-change-email-row-stands-down-temporarily.html He’s still denying everything. Whadja expect? It just keeps getting better. The controversy surrounding the [...]
