America's True Unemployment Rate
For a simpler source of better food for thought just check the official participation rate.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;charts&#x2F;employment-situation&#x2F;civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;charts&#x2F;employment-situation&#x2F;civilian-lab...</a><p>The article crafts a nice shocking headline, but the substance is disappointing. The BLS measures unemployment many different ways (U1-U6)[1] plus the civilian labor force participation rate, so the official data also shows these higher unemployment rates as U6, and has tracked them over time. Of course politicians and the media like to pick apart that data and focus on whichever part of it best supports the narrative they intend to tell. But the data is all there for all of us to see and interpret for ourselves.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;lau&#x2F;stalt.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;lau&#x2F;stalt.htm</a>