On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps for the first time since we've kept track of such things, > higher-income folks work more hours than lower-wage earners do. Since > 1980, the number of men in the bottom fifth of the income ladder who > work long hours (over 49 hours per week) has dropped by half, > according to a study by the economists Peter Kuhn and Fernando Lozano. > But among the top fifth of earners, long weeks have increased by 80 > percent.
This seems like an excellent example of lying with statistics. How does the above account for the unemployed who are most likely to be poor? And what about those who work multiple part-time jobs along with the hassles that go with it like commuting, night shifts etc? On the other hand, is some hotshot CEO flying in his private jet to Davos considered to be 'working'? -raghu. -- "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot." - Groucho Marx _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
