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You might also say that startups fight unemployment already, by creating a cadre of jobs. They do, but most of that impact is felt in the neighborhoods of the
by anandkulkarni 14y ago
You might also say that startups fight unemployment already, by creating a cadre of jobs. They do, but most of that impact is felt in the neighborhoods of the startups -- Silicon Valley runs an unemployment rate of as low as 4% vs. 7.8% nationally.
Sending work to job training programs in the rest of the country lets us share the love a bit.
- matwood 14y agoSilicon Valley runs an unemployment rate of as low as 4% vs. 7.8% nationally. ~4% [1] is inline with the overall unemployment rate of college graduates nationally. [1]http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/08/16/study-college-grads-weathering-economic-storm http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/...
- bostonpete 14y ago> Silicon Valley runs an unemployment rate of as low as 4% vs. 7.8% nationally. Where did that stat come from? According to this story, Silicon Valley had a higher than average unemployment rate as of last summer: http://news.yahoo.com/selfish-silicon-valley-higher-average-unemployment-rate-195823123.html http://news.yahoo.com/selfish-silicon-valley-higher-average-...
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