Michael wrote: >The short answer to Tom's question is, no. Several times, I have raised the >possibility of a quality of employment index to counter the idea that labor >markets are healthy because unemployment is low. Jim Devine just mentioned Bob >Pollin's piece, observing that U.S. labor markets are coming to resemble those >of Mexico. Now that I think of it, Bob Pollin's reference was (by coincidence) to Bolivia, Tom's abode. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/JDevine.html Bombing DESTROYS human rights. US/NATO out of Serbia now!