Unemployment is bad, but we don’t know just how bad
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A woman leaves the Department of Employment Services in Washington, D.C. Estimates of unemployment vary depending on the formula and data used.
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Plus: The recording industry's legacy of exploiting Black artists, the decline in household debt and how robots can help with distance learning.
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Music from the episode
Kick, Push Lupe Fiasco
Call It Home The Foreign Exchange
Go on Now James Brown
Pretty Pimpin Kurt Vile
Colours Hot Chip
TV Queen Wild Nothing
The team
Nancy Farghalli
Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst
Producer II
Sean McHenry
Director & Associate Producer II