{"id":16142,"date":"2014-04-03T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2014-04-03T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:12:07","slug":"3-9-million-unemployed-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/3-9-million-unemployed-long-term\/","title":{"rendered":"3.9 Million Unemployed Long Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janet Yellen, head of the US Federal Reserve, thinks that these people can be employed if she keeps interest rates low. \u00a0Her opinion has punch because she has power.<\/p>\n

Economists at the Brookings Institute disagree. \u00a0They find the longterm unemployed do not get call backs after job interviews, in part because they have been unemployed for a long time.<\/p>\n

Most economists agree that the real problem is matching skills with jobs. \u00a0Can the long term unemployed be retrained for jobs that are available? \u00a0Is there a government policy that might encourage corporations to employ the long term unemployed?<\/p>\n

Can a seemingly intractable problem in the US be solved?<\/p>\n

\"Long<\/a><\/p>\n

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Janet Yellen, head of the US Federal Reserve, thinks that these people can be employed if she keeps interest rates low. \u00a0Her opinion has punch because she has power. Economists at the Brookings Institute disagree. \u00a0They find the longterm unemployed … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t