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“World population then was ~800 million. Today it is ~7700 million. Most have jobs.” I doubt this. In the USA, we have an unemployment number, “able bodied, b
by hellbannedguy 6y ago
“World population then was ~800 million. Today it is ~7700 million. Most have jobs.”
I doubt this.
In the USA, we have an unemployment number, “able bodied, but not working, or looking for work.” If the 50’s, it was basically housewives. Today it’s a lot of people. (This might not be the exact wording the government uses.)
My point is this number is huge, and never talked about much in the United States. I don’t think the government even has a way of tracking the number?
I don’t know how the rest of the world treats this number.
My guess would be most don’t have jobs, or if that number crossed 50% in any country, the jobs would not be of a livable wage living alone.
- ExtraE 6y agoWe do track this, it’s called the prime working age participation rate.
- Animats 6y agoI don’t know how the rest of the world treats this number. India deliberately chose not to automate agriculture. They still have about 50% agricultural workers. Recent attempts to change this have resulted in riots.[1] [1] https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/242972323968171/ https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/242972323968171/
- bushin 6y agoLabor force participation rate: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.ACTI.ZS?locations=JP-US-KR-CN-FR-DE https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.ACTI.ZS?location...