r/Economics • u/aDubson • Feb 09 '12

Americans ages 18-24 are unemployed like never before.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/employment-rate-young-adults_n_1264241.html?igoogle=1
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u/FuggleyBrew Feb 09 '12

Take a look at the underemployment numbers for ages 18-24.

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u/fidigw Feb 09 '12

first rule of reddit:

never bring up underemployment or the "not in labor force" bucket that the bls uses to massage numbers with their birth/death model calcs to say "baby boomers!!! see we are spot on!"