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2023-04-07 19:48:34 UTC - NOT_MISLEADING

Unemployment rate is a different statistic than the percentage of a population that is currently employed. There may be figures that disprove Yglesias' claim, but past unemployment numbers are not an apples-to-apples comparison. https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2020/august/labor-force-participation-rate-explained

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• Unemployment rate is a different statistic than the percentage of a population that is currently employed. There may be figures that disprove Yglesias' claim, but past unemployment numbers are not an apples-to-apples comparison. https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2020/august/labor-force-participation-rate-explained