Anti-Wage Slavery, Pro-Freedom Quotations Of The Week 619, 620

Except for the height of the housing boom -- October 2007 through June 2008 -- real GDP is now higher than it has been in the entirety of U.S. history.
…
The story runs as follows. Before the financial crash, there were lots of not-so-useful workers holding not-so-useful jobs.
10 Percent Unemployment Forever?
BY TYLER COWEN, JAYME LEMKE
Foreign Policy Magazine
JANUARY 5, 2011
AAA
One of my son’s friends who graduated from the University of British Columbia last spring with a business degree has been looking for work. He’s applied everywhere, in search of something even remotely connected to his area of study. No luck.
So now this bright, educated 22-year-old who got solid grades has begun sticking flyers through people’s mail slots offering his services to do odd jobs, anything to put a few bucks in his pocket.
…for now, many of our university grads will have to content themselves with cleaning gutters for a living – if they’re lucky.
What’s the matter with kids today? Well, no jobs, no money …
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010