Hello, fellow Luke. I agree that the "men not working" vs unofficial unemployment rate isn't that's helpful, but mostly because the official unemployment rate

Hello, fellow Luke. I agree that the "men not working" vs unofficial unemployment rate isn't that's helpful, but mostly because the official unemployment rate has become such a silly metric, as outlined in this (old) article from Harper's: https://harpers.org/archive/2008/05/numbers-racket/ https://harpers.org/archive/2008/05/numbers-racket/ The Harper's article may be same-song-second-verse after reading your links and the parent article, but when I read it ten years ago it made a strong enough impression on me that I remember it now. Thanks for the macrotrends link.