Wednesday 2 September 2015

Unemployment figures. Not.

How to make sure

that it looks as if unemployment is going down:


Take two people who want to work 40 hours a week

and give them each a 20-hours-a-week job.


This is one 40 hour job

and one invisible, uncounted unemployed person.


Release a monthly figure telling us that unemployment

is going down.


Rely on the press and TV to say that unemployment

is going down.


Unemployment figures.

No, it doesn't.