Rising Unemployment Is Driving Workers Abroad Unemployment rates remain high in many Western countries. The U.S. jobless rate stands at 9.5 percent. Britain faces nearly 8 percent unemployment. Spain struggles the most, with rates close to 20 percent. Because of this, many workers from Europe and the U.S. are looking overseas. Asia has become a […]

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Although the current recession presents obvious financial problems for many Americans and is affecting other markets worldwide, the comparisons between this economic crisis and the Great Depression tend to be more misleading and perhaps dramatic, than accurate. A few examples of this would be the unemployment rate. During the Great Depression the unemployment rate was […]