Chapter 30. Macro and Micro Conclusions

I was recently keynote speaker for an annual event sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Labor. I was scheduled to go on after lunch, but I arrived a couple hours early because I always like to get a lay of the land and check out the audience. Prior to my presentation to the entire group, I sat in on a breakout session given by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The presenter was a Ph.D. who was younger, thinner, and better looking than me. That would be ok by itself, but according to the program I had just been handed, he was speaking on the exact same topic I was. It said “The Demography of the United States Labor Force.” That’s my topic. Didn’t anyone check? Wouldn’t this be redundant?

This guy and ...

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