Comments on: Black Unemployment Reaches "Great Depression Proportions" http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/black-unemployment-reaches-great-depression-proportions Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Krugmanic Depressive http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/black-unemployment-reaches-great-depression-proportions#comment-40737 Krugmanic Depressive Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:08 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=19530#comment-40737 <i>creeping</i> Grrr. creeping Grrr.

]]> By: Krugmanic Depressive http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/black-unemployment-reaches-great-depression-proportions#comment-40736 Krugmanic Depressive Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=19530#comment-40736 The google context ad for AfroRomance is creepy me the fuck out. The google context ad for AfroRomance is creepy me the fuck out.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/black-unemployment-reaches-great-depression-proportions#comment-40700 HiredGoons Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:16:31 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=19530#comment-40700 In addition to being passed over for white people of comparable skill, many African Americans are priced out of more menial labor by Hispanics (of legal and illegal status) who are willing to work longer hours for less money. Win/win! (for white people). In addition to being passed over for white people of comparable skill, many African Americans are priced out of more menial labor by Hispanics (of legal and illegal status) who are willing to work longer hours for less money.

Win/win! (for white people).

]]> By: NinetyNine http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/black-unemployment-reaches-great-depression-proportions#comment-40688 NinetyNine Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=19530#comment-40688 If you really want to have fun with this topic, you should delve into this <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/25/betting-with-bryan-caplan/" rel="nofollow">sort of territory</a> ("I will take the bet provided that people in prison are counted as unemployed. By my estimate, that raises the US rate by about 1.5 percentage points and the the EU-15 rate by about 0.2 percentage points. That is, assuming current imprisonment rates remain unchanged, the bet is that the Eurostat measure of unemployment (which excludes prisoners) should be no more than 2.3 percentage points higher in the EU-15 than in the US.") If you really want to have fun with this topic, you should delve into this sort of territory ("I will take the bet provided that people in prison are counted as unemployed. By my estimate, that raises the US rate by about 1.5 percentage points and the the EU-15 rate by about 0.2 percentage points. That is, assuming current imprisonment rates remain unchanged, the bet is that the Eurostat measure of unemployment (which excludes prisoners) should be no more than 2.3 percentage points higher in the EU-15 than in the US.")

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