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The U.S. government stopped counting those who have given up looking for work decades ago, which means unemployment is actually higher than reported. I have a few friends who stopped looking for work, but what shocked me in this graphic is the number of those under 55 and much younger who have just given up…

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Mar 6, 2014

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