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...been the last hired and the first fired, particularly during a recession. Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the old formula is changing slightly. While the number of unemployed Americans rose last year by 1,200,000, to a total of 4,000,000, the racial ratios shifted a bit. All together 8.2% of the black workers were unemployed, and 4.5% of the white workers-a ratio of 1.8 to 1 instead of 2 to 1. One ironic reason for this improvement in the traditional mix is that blacks have not qualified for many skilled jobs...
...pointed to Stanford Medical School, where the admissions committee is trying to achieve a 1:1 ratio of men and women accepted...
...Improve ratio of female employment in academic positions...
Explains Skinner: "One of the most powerful schedules, the variable-ratio schedule, is characteristic of all gambling systems. The gambler cannot be sure the next play will win, but a certain mean ratio of plays to wins is maintained. This is the way a dishonest gambler hooks his victim. At first the victim is permitted to win fairly often. Eventually he continues to play when he is not winning at all. With this technique, it is possible to create a pathological gambler out of a simple bird like a pigeon...
...care for only a minuscule fraction of their populations. Indonesia, for example, has just one doctor for every 28,000 people. The African continent, which increased its medical manpower by 2% between 1960 and 1967, still has but one physician for every 9,700 individuals. Southeast Asia has a ratio...