1st column YEAR
2nd column TOTAL LABOR FORCE (in thousands);
3rd column TOTAL CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (in thousands)
1929 49,440 49,180
1930 50,080 49,820
1931 50,680 50,420
1932 51,250 51,000
1933 51,840 51,590
1934 52,490 52,230
1935 53,140 52,870
1936 53,740 53,440
1937 54,320 54,000
1938 54,950 54,610
1939 55,600 55,230
1940 56,180 55,640
1941 57,530 55,910
p24 of 134 fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/publications/employment/1960s/empl_051966.pdf
So, the trend even through the Great Depression was still an increase in labor force.
What in the name of the end of the world are we going through now? Is it actually worse than the great depression, but is being artificially hidden?
I am more concerned now than I was before I saw your numbers.