The true state of disaster: Policymakers infected with inertia and the unemployed with lost hope

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Unemployment is the true state of disaster
Unemployment is the true state of disaster

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It has risen to a historical high of 30.8% (the expanded definition makes it much higher at 43%) so far during the national lockdown.

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