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Charts: The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Since the Depression

Dave Gilson, Tasneem Raja, and AJ Vicens Mother Jones
Charts illustrating that while corporate profits have rebounded, more than four million Americans have been without work for six months or longer, and the price of continuing long-term unemployment isn't just borne by the jobless and their families. It's dragging down the entire economy—to the tune of $1 trillion a year.
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