tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post111229292109606598..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Incomes RiseDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1112577666887810632005-04-03T19:21:00.000-06:002005-04-03T19:21:00.000-06:00What does this have to do with ManEc?It actually i...What does this have to do with ManEc?<BR/><BR/>It actually is normal for both employment and unemployment to go up. The reason is that population (and the labor force) are both getting bigger. So, what is going on is that a bigger population is being divided into two pieces that keep getting bigger too. The reason we use the unemployment rate rather than the total number of unemployed is because Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com