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.
It is sad. Over 200 million people were unemployed globally in 2012.
That's a lot of people. Do you have any idea what the numbers are for the US?
I don't know but unemployment in the UK was at 4.5% in 2017.
At least in the UK people can claim unemployment benefit without there being a time limit. It's not much but it's better than nothing.
You also have to have been laid off in the USA not fired. 
Gosh, that's a bit harsh. What if it wasn't your fault or your boss didn't like you? Perhaps we should have Universal Income, where everyone gets paid something regardless of whether or not they work.
of their own work and how that compares to current wage rates plus the time and effort required to find a job. Causes and solutions for frictional unemployment often address job entry threshold and wage rates.
The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. Millions of people globally or 6% of the world's workforce
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