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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 24–25.
Published: 01 March 2017
... World Policy Journal explores the correlation in France between support for the far-right National Front and the unemployment rate. MAP ROOM
C’EST L’ÉCONOMIE, STUPIDE?
World Policy Journal explores the correlation in France between support for the far-right National
Front and the unemployment...
Journal Article
World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (1): 72–81.
Published: 01 March 2012
... performance by measuring unemployment and home sales. These sources—as opposed to the official sample surveys taken once a month—may prove more accurate. As the world completely digitizes, one would hope valuable real-time data could be mined in ways statisticians couldn’t have imagined even 30 years ago...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (2): 7–11.
Published: 01 June 2013
... when the global financial crisis erupted in September 2008. While the employment free fall paused during 2010-2011, it has gathered momentum ever since. Over the past six months alone, unemployment has grown by 2.5 million people. Though the trends are worse in southern European countries and parts...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (1): 52–59.
Published: 01 March 2011
... months I have heard my kid complaining that he is hungry. I've been unemployed for a year and a half. I'm no longer entitled to unemployment payments and my wife isn't eligible for the emergency subsidy. Either you help me or I will start selling drugs at the corner. I cannot take it any longer...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (1): 3–11.
Published: 01 March 2015
.... Half live in poverty, with unemployment reaching 25 percent. They represent an enormous unused and untapped potential. Most youths enter the market unprepared for the skills required in a constantly changing labor market. They end up in unproductive jobs that fail to meet their aspirations for better...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (2): 3–6.
Published: 01 June 2013
... of global experts what they see as the most effective and expeditious way of creating jobs. Africa’s workforce, young and growing quickly, will be the world’s largest by 2035. Unemployment stands at just 9 percent, but two-thirds of the labor force are in vulnerable, non-wage-paying jobs. Stable...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (1): 87–94.
Published: 01 March 2013
... Cesar Pics Brussels—High unemployment, bleak economic outlook, high public and private debts, dysfunctional banks, weak competitiveness, and an unfavorable external environment are just a few of the challenges facing southern members of the euro zone. Despite these hurdles, the ever-optimistic...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 18–23.
Published: 01 March 2017
... Confederation of Labor, France’s largest labor union, to confront the unemployment crisis: a reduction of the work week to 32 hours. (The official work week is 35 hours, but as a result of loopholes in the law, the average comes out to 39 hours.) Hiring more employees at 32 hours a week could provide much...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 68–72.
Published: 01 December 2016
... of Europe, but Greece suffered the worst. The country’s economy contracted by a quarter from 2008 to 2014, youth unemployment rates spiraled to upward of 50 percent, and, without control over its currency, Athens nearly defaulted on its debts. Only an EU bailout prevented economic disaster, but it came...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (4): 3–8.
Published: 01 December 2014
... Assessment. The success in the recent elections of xenophobic party Sverigedemokraterna, the Swedish Democrats, puts it in a position of playing a key role in a precarious balance of power. Youth unemployment is high. At the same time increased consumption has placed Sweden on a top-10 list of worst...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (4): 79–86.
Published: 01 December 2013
... is the North African nation’s young people, whose humiliation and anger over bulging unemployment and restriction of basic rights form the backbone of many protests, which have shaken Tunisia over the last three years. Equally across the region, where the Arab Spring spread like wildfire, there are similar...
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World Policy Journal (2002) 18 (4): 35–44.
Published: 01 December 2002
... and po
constitution, to which they attributed the litical convulsions triggered by the waves of
breakdown of democracy in 1936 and the terrorism by Basque separatists and Western
ensuing civil war. These fears proved un Europe’s highest unemployment rate.
founded and unwarranted. The long reign...
Journal Article
World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 119–124.
Published: 01 December 2017
..., and the age of austerity set in. The government slashed public-sector pay, pensions, and benefits. In 2013, unemployment peaked at nearly 18 percent. Members of my generation, the “most educated in Portugal’s history,” moved abroad or worked for minimum wage—less than $600 a month. My parents had always...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (3): 110–119.
Published: 01 September 2012
... the world’s developed nations. Unemployment hovers around 5.2 percent, three percentage points below the United States and far below most of Europe. That’s largely because of an all but unprecedented resource boom. The Australian dollar is as strong as the American dollar, which makes foreign holidays...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (4): 51–56.
Published: 01 December 2015
..., linked up with the private sector, linked up with the market? The legacies of the crises are low growth, high unemployment, growing inequality, but also a massive collapse of trust. WPJ: But also a lack of diversity in their economies? GURRÍA: Well, diversification—this is the big issue...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (4): 74–84.
Published: 01 December 2012
... people with donated medicines. The demand has become acute, as people who have been unemployed for more than two years lose their health care benefits. Unemployment was at 24.4 percent in August, second only to Spain’s 25.1 percent. With 55.4 percent of Greeks under 25 without jobs, youths must...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (3): 84–90.
Published: 01 September 2015
...—is largely a tribute to non-recurring boosts such as low oil prices, quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, as well as huge tourist events such as the Expo and the Catholic Holy Year. Still, Italy remains plagued by unprecedented youth unemployment, combined with the strong and largely...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (4): 106–115.
Published: 01 December 2012
... would comprise the world’s 12th most populous nation. Dismal economic growth over the past three years (barely 3.2 percent per year) has intensified poverty and slowed development. The need has never been greater to invest in a more prosperous, educated future. Youth unemployment, widening gaps between...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (3): 81–88.
Published: 01 September 2012
... running through town mirrored the despair of its people. Even the bars seemed gloomier than in the rest of Spain. With 35 percent unemployment due to a decline in the Basques’ lifeblood of ship-building and steelworks, people had less to spend, and besides, with all the viciousness, few were inclined...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 20 (4): 48–56.
Published: 01 December 2004
... of GDP. women are less well represented politically
Capitalism brought with it its usual than they were in the Communist era. There
share of problems, however. Unemployment, are fewer women in the leadership ranks of
which was nearly nonexistent in Eastern Eu political...
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