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Actually, while this is funny it really is a sad truth.<\/p>\n

COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America .
\nABBOTT: Good \u201csubject\u201d in these terrible \u201ctimes.\u201d It\u2019s about 9%.
\nCOSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
\nABBOTT: No, that\u2019s 16%.
\nCOSTELLO: You just said 9%.
\nABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.
\nCOSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.
\nABBOTT: No, that\u2019s 16%.
\nCOSTELLO: Okay, so it\u2019s 16% unemployed.
\nABBOTT: No, that\u2019s 9%…
\nCOSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 9% or 16%?
\nABBOTT: 9% are unemployed. 16% are out of work.
\nCOSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.
\nABBOTT: No, you can\u2019t count the \u201cOut of Work\u201d as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.
\nCOSTELLO: But … they are out of work!
\nABBOTT: No, you miss my point.
\nCOSTELLO: What point?
\nABBOTT: Someone who doesn\u2019t look for work, can\u2019t be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn\u2019t be fair.
\nCOSTELLO: To who?
\nABBOTT: The unemployed.
\nCOSTELLO: But they are ALL out of work.
\nABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work… Those who are
\nout of work stopped looking. They gave up. And, if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.
\nCOSTELLO: So if you\u2019re off the unemployment roles, that would count as less unemployment?
\nABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!
\nCOSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don\u2019t look for work?
\nABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That\u2019s how you get to 9%. Otherwise it
\nwould be 16%. You don\u2019t want to read about 16% unemployment do ya?
\nCOSTELLO: That would be frightening.
\nABBOTT: Absolutely.
\nCOSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means they\u2019re two ways to bring down the unemploy-ment number?
\nABBOTT: Two ways is correct.
\nCOSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?
\nABBOTT: Correct.
\nCOSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?
\nABBOTT: Bingo.
\nCOSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to just stop looking for work.
\nABBOTT: Now you\u2019re thinking like an economist.<\/p>\n

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