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Alan Krueger; expert on unemployment
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deadcode wrote
at 12:13 PM, Monday August 29, 2011 EDT
Goolsbee jumped ship; so Obama had to appoint a new top economist. He is praised by the administration as an expert in unemployment...
I have never heard of the guy; so I have no idea. This quote from his wikipedia entry is disconcerting though... "Krueger compared restaurant jobs in New Jersey, which raised its minimum wage, to restaurant jobs in Pennsylvania, which did not, and found that restaurant employment in New Jersey increased, while it decreased in Pennsylvania." (Bonus points if you can explain how the above is economically possible) |
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dasfury wrote
at 12:54 PM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT if you want to continue to be annoying about a simple concept, the work year is exactly 2080 hours for a 40 hour work week. you are assuming that people are taking the vacation that is allowed for them.
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montecarlo wrote
at 1:46 PM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT yeah but the average worker doesnt work 40 hrs per week. wonder what the true average is...
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 1:48 PM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT posted that already monte
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 2:22 PM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT If you deduct for smoke breaks, coffee breaks, bathroom breaks, water breaks, newspaper reading, being late, leaving early, extended lunches, naps, fucking off on the internet, jacking off, sick leave, vactation time, holidays, bereavment days, and personal days, the average American works 7.2 hours per week. 374.4 hours per year.
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