http://dmarron.com/2009/09/07/voyaging-through-u-s-jobs/ Musings on Economics, Finance, and Life Thu, 24 May 2012 19:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dmarron.com/2009/09/07/voyaging-through-u-s-jobs/#comment-894 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:07:07 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1654#comment-894 [...] U.S. Jobs: On his blog, Donald Marron points to this great tool that shows the change in U.S. jobs over the last 150 years. “Back in 1850, farmers accounted for more than 40% of reported jobs. Today, less than 1%. If you click around, you will find that the decline in farmers has been offset by growth in a host of jobs, including clerical, retail, and nurses. And economists? Well, we grew rapidly until 1990, and then tailed off. Perhaps the would-be economists ran off to Wall Street instead?” [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/09/07/voyaging-through-u-s-jobs/#comment-887 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:03:21 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1654#comment-887 [...] U.S. Jobs: On his blog, Donald Marron points to this great tool that shows the change in U.S. jobs over the last 150 years. “Back in 1850, farmers accounted for more than 40% of reported jobs. Today, less than 1%. If you click around, you will find that the decline in farmers has been offset by growth in a host of jobs, including clerical, retail, and nurses. And economists? Well, we grew rapidly until 1990, and then tailed off. Perhaps the would-be economists ran off to Wall Street instead?” [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/09/07/voyaging-through-u-s-jobs/#comment-879 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:01:39 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1654#comment-879 [...] U.S. Jobs: On his blog, Donald Marron points to this great tool that shows the change in U.S. jobs over the last 150 years. “Back in 1850, farmers accounted for more than 40% of reported jobs. Today, less than 1%. If you click around, you will find that the decline in farmers has been offset by growth in a host of jobs, including clerical, retail, and nurses. And economists? Well, we grew rapidly until 1990, and then tailed off. Perhaps the would-be economists ran off to Wall Street instead?” [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/09/07/voyaging-through-u-s-jobs/#comment-877 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:25:00 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1654#comment-877 [...] U.S. Jobs: On his blog, Donald Marron points to this great tool that shows the change in U.S. jobs over the last 150 years. “Back in 1850, farmers accounted for more than 40% of reported jobs. Today, less than 1%. If you click around, you will find that the decline in farmers has been offset by growth in a host of jobs, including clerical, retail, and nurses. And economists? Well, we grew rapidly until 1990, and then tailed off. Perhaps the would-be economists ran off to Wall Street instead?” [...]

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