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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Many Left Uncounted in Official Jobless Rate
Updated: April 16 2020,
Author: Council for Economic Education
Standards
In this economics video, Paul Solman talks about the unemployment rate vs Jobless Rate.
Description
Paul Solman shows how the number of people who fall outside of official jobless rates indicates that the actual unemployment rate is higher than reported.
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