Oh NPR, I love how your modulated voices and neutral reports scare the living sh*t out of me, even more than the sensationalized mainstream media. Your deadpan delivery on how the largest unemployed demographic is the under-24, newly graduated crowd (25-30%), and that we're skewing the national unemployment figures, make me feel oddly comforted and depressed at the same time, like the moment when you finally admit you have the flu.
I couldn't find links to the actual newscast I'm referring to (I heard it on Morning Edition and unsuccessfully tried to find it on their website), but I'm including a few related articles, chock-full of other unemployment fun facts.
Fed: Expect Higher Unemployment
Obama: Education a Key to Economic Rebound (Mr. President, did you hear the newly educated are unemployed?)
This one's from Business Week, but equally heartening (schadenfreude, anyone?): Even the Employed Lose with Hour and Wage Cuts
I am in that last category, hour and wage cuts, but I'm doing twice the work thanks to the lay-offs of my former coworkers!
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