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2024-12-12 01:30:06 UTC - HELPFUL
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Unemployment, as a metric, changed definition under Obama. Previously it was all able Americans without employment; after it only counts Americans looking for work (claiming unemployment benefits, specifically). A 10-year old metric cannot have a 50-year low. https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/02/09/dont-be-fooled-the-obama-unemployment-rate-is-11/ https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/12309/has-the-way-unemployment-is-measured-changed-in-the-last-8-years
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