The Trick to a Sustainable Economy

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYTnmGZcjoPXff4STzd8eQQ8ND06XpSFOF69ScTzkcYYgHuMdpPLk44KwcnCYmkEA-u1oNyY8Yrae-iynPurCwmnU4_Cl2Sono2eKQ1aVna_JlL89Ci1SDT4LmHY801kJbLgwpWPYDNU/s1600/The+Trick+to+a+Sustainable+Economy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYTnmGZcjoPXff4STzd8eQQ8ND06XpSFOF69ScTzkcYYgHuMdpPLk44KwcnCYmkEA-u1oNyY8Yrae-iynPurCwmnU4_Cl2Sono2eKQ1aVna_JlL89Ci1SDT4LmHY801kJbLgwpWPYDNU/s320/The+Trick+to+a+Sustainable+Economy.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Here's the theory. We need to add drinking jobs at least as fast as we lose manufacturing jobs (per capita, so job growth can keep up with population growth). 0% is therefore the goal. Achieve that and the world is our oyster! We've been doing great since November of 2010. That's nearly 3 years of solid performance. Let's hope we can sustain it permanently this time!<br /><br />Hey, I never said it would be easy over the long-term. As seen in the following chart, there may be a chance though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSgeSbh95phc02kyDUAg_nWKpOufpkcp4gCq07jq4uWOibJb_G5GS1iBpxf-XttlLSfxJVy09oMvSSSHXWZOZbkfbO8qhWNnxy_0Qc8xZIoB-bodPCwkCcz0ZRZbAhQvlnyZb718uQs/s1600/Heavy+Drinking.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSgeSbh95phc02kyDUAg_nWKpOufpkcp4gCq07jq4uWOibJb_G5GS1iBpxf-XttlLSfxJVy09oMvSSSHXWZOZbkfbO8qhWNnxy_0Qc8xZIoB-bodPCwkCcz0ZRZbAhQvlnyZb718uQs/s320/Heavy+Drinking.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Heavy drinking data from 1993–2000 represent all respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of 2 or more drinks per day (i.e., 60 or more alcoholic drinks a month). Data from 2001–2009 </i><span style="color: red;">[2001-2012]</span><i> represent all male respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 2 drinks per day and female respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 1 drink per day.</i></div><br />Thanks to the increased frequency of hangovers brought on by exponentially increasing heavy drinking, the future's <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hangovers/DS00649/DSECTION=symptoms">too bright</a>. I gotta wear shades. Sigh.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4C">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a><br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/data-stats.htm">CDC: Alcohol Usage Trends</a>

The Trick to a Sustainable Economy

Click to enlarge. Here's the theory. We need to add drinking jobs at least as fast as we lose manufacturing jobs (per capita, so job gro...

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