Saturday, January 30, 2010

That U-6 Number Again

Via Twitter comes this admission from Larry Summers:
Speaking on a panel at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Summers said one in five American men aged 25 to 54 are unemployed. He said given a “reasonable recovery,” that rate could improve to one in seven or one in eight. That still contrasts with a 95% employment rate for that group in the mid-1960s.
That's a big ass problem.  It's going to get worse in 2010.  And I don't know when it's going to actually get better.

Honestly.  One in five men my age are out of a job right now.  That is not sustainable in any way shape or form.

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