Disclaimer: I am not an economist. Some of their discussions go well above my head, so it&#x27;s possible I&#x27;m mis-understanding\mis-interpreting what they say. This is also why I&#x27;m curious as to a source.<p>The one thing I hear a lot is: The statistics we are using to measure this are BS. One example: We don&#x27;t account for people who are under-employed, which is important to note in long-term depressions such as this one. The other things I typically hear are quite anecdotal: &quot;I have family in Rnowheresville, $some_state, and they have no jobs out there!&quot;