And then, to find out where he was, he lowered the balloon to ask a farmer [on the ground]. He said, "Where am I?" And the farmer below says, "You are in a balloon." And the man in the balloon says, "He must be an economist. He is telling me something right that is totally useless."
According to this survey, South Africa was therefore able to provide work to its growing population and to reduce the number of unemployed people, even at relatively modest economic growth rates.