Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, and any other Luggers in Spain, Last night's economic news on TV revealed that the national unemployment rate in Spain was over 25% and the unemployment rate of recent college graduates was over 60%. These are astounding figures. I was a child during the US depression when the unemployment rate hovered at 25% and things were pretty bad. The TV program interviewed a number of recent college graduates and many had chosen to emigrate to portions of the world where they could use their newly learned skills. Many were headed to Latin America. My question for those on the scene is: Are things really as bad as they are described? Is it hype to make Americans less disturbed by the shortage of jobs here despite strong signs of economic recovery? The reason I'm directing this question to Lluis is that, in his excellent photographs, I see a lot of people wandering the streets of Barcelona apparently without anything to do. Larry Z