I don't currently work as I am disabled, but I hear of many people who just can't find work, which is very sad.
were without a job in 2012.
Definitions, types, and theories.
The state of being without any work yet looking for work is called unemployment. Economists distinguish between various overlapping types of and theories of unemployment, including cyclical or Keynesian unemployment, frictional unemployment, structural unemployment and classical unemployment. Some additional types of unemployment that are occasionally mentioned are seasonal unemployment, hardcore unemployment, and hidden unemployment.
Though there have been several definitions of "voluntary" and "involuntary unemployment" in the economics literature, a
- "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."– quoted in Robert Sobel's review of "Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies", edited by Mark C. Carnes
- (In response to the question: "Why should I work if I am going to just end up emptying slop jars?") "That's a complaint you hear mostly from people who don't empty slop jars. This country has a lot of people who do exactly that for