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Long term unemployment is helping to turbocharge America's inequality crisis

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
Episode • Oct 19, 2020 • 23m

Hiding in the unemployment statistics is the rising number of people who are experiencing long-term unemployment -- they've been out of work for 27 weeks or more. Scott Deacle, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Business and Economics at Ursinus College joins KYW In Depth to talk about long-term unemployment, who it's affecting, and what it means on a macro level to an economy and on a personal level to a worker or a family.

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