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  Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 9 The Real Economy in the Long Run Chapter 28 of 36 Unemployment Section 1 of 21 … Chapter 28 of 36 – Unemployment How Is Unemployment Measured? Labor-Force Participation of Men and Women In the U.S. Economy Does the Unemployment Rate Measure What We Want It To? How Long Are the Unemployed Without Work? There Are Always Some People Unemployed – Frictional Unemployment Public Policy and Job Search Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Policy At Home and Abroad Minimum-Wage Laws Who Earns the Minimum Wage? Unions and Collective Bargaining The Economics of Unions Are Unions Good Or Bad For the Economy? The Theory of Efficiency Wages Worker Health, Worker Turnover Worker Quality, Worker Effort Henry Ford and the Very Generous $5-A-Day Wage ... … measurement of unemployment shitsugyō no sokutei 失業の測定 … … Grok chapter 28 summary: The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures unemployment each month through the Curren...

Scot and Fumiko pictures and information

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  Fumiko Scot's information: Weight at 166 pounds, got to 160 pounds five years ago and have recently been bouncing between 163 and 168. Common sense ways to lose and keep off weight are eat right and light and get lots of exercise. Main exercise is walking, do 1~2 miles most days. Over career worked as a salesman in the steelmaking, fasteners, and auto manufacturing industries, lots of travel in U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Japan. Have visited every U.S. city with a major league, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, sports team except Sacramento, have gotten as close as Travis Air Force Base. Often traveled on Sundays, much time on the road so could not eat right and get enough exercise so got heavy, up to 200 lbs. Was on commission and made enough to retire early, able eat good food and get enough exercise. Now spend most time reading and writing. Our Wick branch goes back to the brother of owner of the Wick House at Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown New Jersey, and on back to Staine...

HAT Manifesto Part 1/2 - Rubric Cube - 260405 edit

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  “The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” - William James “All experience has shown mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” - Thomas Jefferson “Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege and attacks it. And when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.” - Leonardo da Vinci “Struggle is the indispensable accompaniment of progress. If men were entirely social, man would stagnate. A certain alloy of individualism and competition is required to make the human species survive and grow. Without qualities of an unsocial kind men might have led an Arcadian shepherd life in complete harmony, contentment, and mutual love. But in that case all their talents wou...