1992-2000: 18 million people joined workforce 2000-2010: 2.2 million people joined workforce
"Between 1992 and 2000, 18 million people joined the workforce. Between 2000 and 2010, only 2.2 million were able to join."
Jeff Madrick, "The Anti-Economist, The Real Lost Generation," Harper's327, no. 1963 (2013): 14