[sloop]

i knew there was a number being used by the labor department fools to manipulate the u-numbers they publish - but never dug in to understand it - its ‘the weeds’ that people are so terrified of - but the answer to how they manipulate the number IS in the weeds

i found this - and been running around forcing people to read it

http://danielamerman.com/articles/2012/WorkC.html

Making 9 Million Jobless “Vanish”: How The Government Manipulates Unemployment Statistics

do you know of another link that is less weedy for those that did not take probability, statistics and queuing theory?

[rodguy911]

Also counting millions of part time jobs as full time distorts everything as well.