----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Race to the Bottom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Race to the Bottom
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>
>
> > I don't mean to dispute your suggestion of looking at the employment
vs.
> > unemployment numbers, I actually think that is a good idea. Perhaps we
> > have both been too cavalier with drawing conclusions from the limited
> > data set we were looking at.
>
> That doesn't seem unreasonable.
>
> >I don't really like looking at numbers that
> > show monthly changes, since the data looks so noisy, but that seems to
> > be what is most readily available.
>
> I decided to test this by plotting monthly employment from 1940 to now
> (2-2004). There is, of course, monthly noise, but I was surprised at how
> smooth the overall curve looked.
>
> I think decided to plot a variable I called job loss. That variable is
^^^
then
Sigh,
Dan M.
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