Hasn't someone done some work on this number suggesting that something like 2.7 million represented an atypical blip of employment during the "roaring 90's" that called out workers who normally would not make up the full employment labor force, e.g., retirees and househusband/wives? If so, at least in orders of magnitude, any recovery short of the 90's experience will continue to be a "jobless" recovery.
