[muzz]

Huh? You do realize that we are in month 60-something, ie the upswing, of that graph that began in 2007. Private sector has been creating jobs for over 3 years now, etc.

What that graph really shows is how deep the Great Recession was-- it should be compared to the Great Depression rather than the garden-variety recessions we've had since then.

[rrmm]

Indeed. Today's kids may or may not be screwed, but I don't think CR's chart implies what the article's author infers from it.

Starting the article off with post-apocalyptic imagery seems to be the wrong tone to make any constructive statement.