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how job losses in 2008 compare to prior recessions

Tue, Feb 17, 2009

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They really don’t.

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This graph was distributed by the office of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, earlier this month.

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5 Comments For This Post

  1. Tim Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    Except it doesn’t take into account different populations at different times.

  2. bob Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    here’s another graph comparing more recessions

    http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/02/09/comparing-this-recession-to-the-last-five/

  3. Nancy Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Vanessa, why’d you delete off the source of this image?

    http://speaker.house.gov/blog/?p=1683

  4. Brian Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    Playing Devil’s advocate, I’d also suggest the following for a couple of different interpretations of the data.

    http://flowingdata.com/2009/02/10/4-different-looks-at-job-losses-during-recessions/

  5. Vanessa Dennis Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    I’m only going to say this once. And quite possibly I am saying this because currently I am five months pregnant and my emotions are running higher than normal.

    I love my job and I love writing for this blog, but quite frankly I am getting sick of the extremely nasty comments written from anonymous jerks about people who work here, including myself. I work with some of the nicest people I have ever met. We all have families and we all work hard, and nothing that is written here deserves the level of animosity that is spewed unabashedly from some of the commentators. If you intend to read these posts simply to bash me or the owner of this blog, then you’re not getting anything out of coming to this site and you should look elsewhere for content.

    I moderate each and every comment because of the amount of spam that we get, so nothing that is written goes unnoticed. And no longer will I tolerate threats or insults on my posts. I have seen in recent weeks other bloggers take issue with the same problem that seems to have really shaken writers to the core, and in most cases this backlash is completely unwarranted. If you want to pick a fight, than you know where to find me. Otherwise, comment on the content.

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