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The cab driver stat is really interesting, but I'd like to see the comparison between 2007 and now even more than the 1970 to now comparison.

We have a lot more degrees, but also a lot more unemployment and underemployment.

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Cabbie is also not infrequently an immigrant's first or second job. I can remember a Ph.D. cabbie from West Africa--driving cabs in Washington, DC, wasn't the safest occupation, but for him it was safer than staying in his native land.

This was the first thing I thought when I saw that subhead.

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