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jody

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9. If fixed costs do not prohibit, production seeks lower labor cost whether textile jobs to overseas

Reply to KG (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 12:16 PM

Sep 2012

or automotive jobs from MI and CA to the southeast.

Consumers still decide what products to buy and price is a major factor.

How do you think a "sea-change" can alter that basic economic fact?

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The problem of unemployment can't be fixed until we are willing to look at the REAL job market [View all] ck4829 Sep 2012 OP

The unemployment rate among college grads is somewhere around 5% Cary Sep 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #4

What we need is to get ourselves out of this liquidity trap Cary Sep 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #13

I hear you but I don't think protectionism is as good as it sounds Cary Sep 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #18

Inevitable. Cary Sep 2012 #20

Excellent analysis Freddie Sep 2012 #2

The Employment-Population Ratio is another measure of economic recovery. It was 63.7 (unadj) or jody Sep 2012 #3

Usually if there are unfilled jobs that don't require specific experience or education Nikia Sep 2012 #5

O is a big factor, especially since so many new jobs are McJobs. Employers assume gkhouston Sep 2012 #7

This doesn't help: Republicans Have Blocked The American Jobs Act For One Year SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #6

The problem of unemployment can't be fixed until the sea-change KG Sep 2012 #8

If fixed costs do not prohibit, production seeks lower labor cost whether textile jobs to overseas jody Sep 2012 #9

+1 moondust Sep 2012 #10

The unemployment problem is much simpler than that, MadHound Sep 2012 #12

You're forgetting something, NashvilleLefty Sep 2012 #14

"stopped offering training"! Then why is govt wasting billions training the work force for specific jody Sep 2012 #15

Maybe the government is doing that because many companies won't do it themselves jp11 Sep 2012 #17

I'd disagree that the real job market is even this simple to look at jp11 Sep 2012 #19