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"many Americans... don't know... Few Americans know this" "wondering what hollowed out the middle class" Perhaps the clueless people who don't know anything a
by rilita 12y ago
"many Americans... don't know... Few Americans know this"
"wondering what hollowed out the middle class"
Perhaps the clueless people who don't know anything about what things mean ( the people this article is targeted at ) are the same people who are unemployed/under-employed ( notably also the group this is targeted at )
Summary of tfa: "The number news refers to as unemployment does not mean what you thought it means; it means X" Great, now how does this tell us anything we couldn't learn by looking up "unemployment rate" on wikipedia?
- lutorm 12y agonow how does this tell us anything we couldn't learn by looking up "xxx" on wikipedia? That applies to many things written. Not sure why you're singling this out. If every blog post written had to include original research, there wouldn't be much writing going on...
- rilita 12y agoThis is hacker news, I expect that things posted here are noteworthy to people who know what they are doing and can research stuff they are interested in for themselves. Posts of the type "Did you know that the tooth fairy isn't real" are a waste of time to the professionals who read hacker news. Also, anything I spend my time reading through expecting something unique / new and find nothing I respond this way.