I see.
So you just
feel like there are millions of such people, and don't have any actual facts to back that statement up.
And there is a statistic that does capture those kind of discouraged workers, it's the U6 unemployment rate. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/080415/true-... And like I said, the U6 numbers do not reflect your original statement that millions of people gave up during the recession and have not worked since.
