Biz: Is unemployment higher because unemployment’s easier?
- 44% of unemployed Americans have been jobless for six months or longer
- 26% of those unemployed in the early ’80s recession could say the same source
- » What’s the difference?: According to The Daily Beast, the reason for this has a lot to do with the changing nature of unemployment. Among other things, there are more two-income homes than in the early ’80s. On top of that, it’s easier to get unemployment now than it was 30 years ago – per-capita spending for the jobless has increased 77 percent. While it’s no walk in the park, obviously, it’s clearly not the same situation as it used to be.