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Also, "most people are still working" is increasingly less true: * http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddganos/2012/11/03/what-is-really-happening-with-employment/ h

• harryh 11y ago
  A significantly greater percentage of the working age population is working at a job today than 85 years ago.
  • dionidium 11y ago
    Yes, that's true, but that's almost certainly because more women work now than ever did before. That's a one-time (enormous) increase, but there's no reason to believe it's an indication of a longer-term trend. In fact, the data show otherwise. You can play around with the data here: * http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000 http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000
    • harryh 11y ago
      I am unmoved by the relatively tiny short term movements you are referring to. Basically all you have shown is that we had a relatively large recession in 2007-08.