RE: [SL4] AI --> Jobless Economy

From: Tomaz Kristan (me2icq@icqmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 10:34:25 MST


On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:10:36 -0500, "Ben Goertzel" wrote:

>
> I feel strongly that there's something wrong with the
> statistics on which
> you're basing your reasoning.
>

See for yourself!

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Quote from table B. Thousands of jobs.

January........130,356
February.......130,235
March..........130,084
April..........130,062
May............129,986
June...........129,903
July...........129,846
August.........129,881
September......129,980
October........130,080
November.......130,123
December(p)....130,124
                       
A steady number of jobs - at the most. While the number
of people does grow for nearly 1% per year for a long
time now.

Quote table A. Unemployment rates
                  Q1___Q2___Q3___Q4
All workers.......6.1__5.9__5.9__5.7

See?

                   
                       

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