Name:   architect - Subject:   Sorry but he is wrong Date:   1/24/2016 3:24:18 PM (updated 1/24/2016 3:41:16 PM)

Just going by the words of the original article.  Ok, you believe the "facts" espoused by your economist and I will believe the "facts" rendered by another...but keep in mind, the Japanese fellow had supporting stats and graphs too.  I guess it comes down to believing what you want to believe and searching until you find some "expert" with a chart that seems to support your or my view.

You are right and I have said the same thing more than a few times, that facts are not opinions, but 8 or 9 times out of ten most posters on this forum are expressing an opinion as though it were fact. 

I am 71 and still working because I enjoy it, but I do know at least 5 other architects who were working 3 years ago who have now retired because they could rather than because they had to, I do know 3 mothers (my daughter included) who have left the workforce to stay home with the kids,  I do know at least 2 young guys who have quit jobs to enroll in graduate school, but I do not know anyone who has dropped out of the labor pool because they were discouraged.  I know they are out there but l don't know where.