http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18377/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/we-are-headed-15-percent-permanent-unemployment <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dan-kennedy">Dan Kennedy</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>At the Gap, at Old Navy, at other stores, the size labels in men’s slacks or jeans lie. Pants labeled as having a 36-in. waist actually measure to 39, 39-1/2, even 41. Why? Because men think they are thinner than they are. If a guy believes he’s a 36, but tries on pants labeled with that waist size and finds them too tight, he’s not likely not to buy at all. So pants manufacturers have learned to lie. They tell us what we want to hear. Mostly, we accept it as reality.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/we-are-headed-15-percent-permanent-unemployment" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business Employment McDonalds obama WhiteCastle Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:22:28 +0000 admin 29875 at http://archive2.mrc.org