<p>Umm the economy definitely lost somewhere around 10 million jobs, considering the labor force is around 150 million people and unemployment is now 9.5%. It was at like 3-4% before crisis (below target unemployment- which means Uhhh Ohhh). I count around 10 million jobs lost. I did not produce the 10 million figure. A previous post provided this number. If you are going to attack the number, dont quote me, quote the previous posters.</p>
<p>And i’ll stick in my upper middle class suburb of NYC thank you. Smart upper middle class kids do productive things in the summer 
(think internships, shadowing, research, writing up Intel/Siemens, and writing essays).</p>