That of course doesn’t take into count the number of people who have stopped looking. This is what happens when a country embraces socialism, it views high numbers of the unemployed as normal, and any dip in the number as a great achievement.
That of course doesn’t take into count the number of people who have stopped looking. This is what happens when a country embraces socialism, it views high numbers of the unemployed as normal, and any dip in the number as a great achievement.
That’s a good point. And if you think Greece, the case is similar to the cold war, when the commie countries got financial aid from Moscow, but now they get it from Brussels. No wonder why all political parties want to support PIGS-countries just like Soviet Union contributed Cuba…
OECD statistics:
//www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/37/47570050.pdf
In 2009 employment rate (persons aged 15-64) was
In Switzerland 79.2 %
In Sweden 72.2 %
In Germany 70.4 %
In Finland 68.4 %
In USA 67.8 %
In OECD 66.1 %
In Israel 59.8 %
In this statistic is Finland’s position better than that of Israel’s.