tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587064.post926905305424012357..comments2023-06-19T13:39:00.651+02:00Comments on BONOBO LAND: Unemployment in BrazilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587064.post-2641256409099562152007-06-25T18:48:00.000+02:002007-06-25T18:48:00.000+02:00Hi again,"I worry that you have some blinkers on"W...Hi again,<BR/><BR/><BR/>"I worry that you have some blinkers on"<BR/><BR/>Well thanks for the concern, but I really don't know what I can do to convince you that I don't :).<BR/><BR/>"but that only demography matters."<BR/><BR/>well,as someone once said, seeming isn't always being, but that being said, I'm not sure what more I can say that would convince you that I don't think this. I do think Edward Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384039867580949531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587064.post-80984243118375381352007-06-25T15:58:00.000+02:002007-06-25T15:58:00.000+02:00I worry that you have some blinkers on, Edward. Y...I worry that you have some blinkers on, Edward. You usually seem to argue not only that demography matters, but that <I>only</I> demography matters. <BR/><BR/>In fact, you often phrase your arguments in such a way that you seem to be arguing for the dominance of demography even when you are not. Consider the statement: "I am optimistic that as Brazil grows this issue will resolve itself, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587064.post-61484296537477766362007-06-23T20:16:00.000+02:002007-06-23T20:16:00.000+02:00Hi Noel,"Edward, are you suggesting that Brazil wi...Hi Noel,<BR/><BR/>"Edward, are you suggesting that Brazil will never make headway on unemployment?"<BR/><BR/>No Noel, I am not saying that. Evidently I am not explaining myself very well. According to the shape of the population pyramid a society will either have more, or less workers entering the labour market.<BR/><BR/>Some societies seem to have too many, and some too few for the actual growthEdward Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384039867580949531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587064.post-62498074991117906632007-06-23T18:56:00.000+02:002007-06-23T18:56:00.000+02:00Edward, are you suggesting that Brazil will never ...Edward, are you suggesting that Brazil will never make headway on unemployment? I will take that bet, just name the terms.<BR/><BR/>In this particular case, what happened is that more discouraged workers began looking for jobs and re-entered the labor force. <BR/><BR/>More generally, don't you think that you might be taking the demography matters argument a bit too far? Fast labor force growthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com