Written Discussion

Not everyone chooses to be employed. As the textbook shows, there are a multitude of reasons why people choose (or do not choose) to be unemployed.

Pick one type of worker (or a person you know) who chooses to be unemployed or under-employed and discuss why.

Alternately, you could pick a worker-type who traditionally is not employed and explain why they might choose to work.

Remember to talk about economic theory about unemployment rates (what is U-6?) , supply and demand and what the impact is of those individual employment choices..