The fact that the number that are "not looking" perfectly tracks the number that are and can't find jobs suggests that either there are many individuals who hav

The fact that the number that are "not looking" perfectly tracks the number that are and can't find jobs suggests that either there are many individuals who have given up after not finding work or the method for measuring "not looking" is flawed. If it were simply people who were not looking by choice you wouldn't expect it to track the official number so closely.