Decreasing United States Unemployement

Unemployment

How to Decrease Unemployment in the United States

Unemployment in the United States has reached an extended peak that it has not seen since the end of the 1930's. People are worried that this could be the new norm, even though the rate seems to be trending down again. Unfortunately, too many people also realize that much of the downward trend comes from the federal government constantly readjusting how they gather the numbers. By taking people off of the rolls of those looking for work they are able to say that the unemployment number has decreased without actually doing anything. The fact is that while the rate seemed to be staying in the high, in the 10% range, it was actually much higher than the government was reporting. Robins (2010) reports that

"These figures contain the amount of people currently receiving benefits only. This does...
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