A V, 2 Us, and an L

A V, 2 Us, and an L:

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This is taken from Greg Mankiw''s blog. Interestingly, exactly the same type of graph is used in Intro to Stats texts to illustrate misleading use of graphs. Not that the data is incorrect or anything, but it takes a minute to figure out why it looks like employment percentage dropped down to close to zero in 1983...