tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1717245869424366224..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Employment-Population Ratio at 30 Year LowBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-85485270053786721892013-12-31T10:07:50.555-08:002013-12-31T10:07:50.555-08:00If the employment-population ratio and the labor f...If the employment-population ratio and the labor force participation rate is falling, then it's worse than I first thought --- because the U.S. population growth is at slowest rate since the Great Depression. If job growth can't keep pace with a slow population growth, maybe we should adopt China's "one child" policy.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/population-growth-rate_n_4520485.html<br /><br />New Study Shows 1/3 of Jobs Prone to Offshore Outsourcing<br /><br />http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/new-study-shows-13-jobs-prone-offshore-outsourcing<br /><br />Uncle Sam's Sweatshops - The American government has pushed retailers like Walmart and Gap to demand better working conditions at factories in the developing world that make their merchandise. But it turns out that the government, which buys more than $1.5 billion of clothes from overseas factories, does not follow its own advice. <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/opinion/uncle-sams-sweatshops.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<br /><br />Cambodia Factories Grapple With Issue of Underage Workers --- Young Teens Lie About Their Age to Get Hired as Plants Scramble for Staff<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579287353595133592<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-78298624123393678542013-12-31T08:41:16.808-08:002013-12-31T08:41:16.808-08:00Short URL for Twitter:
The employment-population...Short URL for Twitter: <br /><br />The employment-population ratio now at a 30 year low & the labor force participation rate is now at a 35 year low.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/n4xf4w6Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com