The Importance Of An Economic Recession In The United States

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In late 2008, the United States experienced an economic recession, which resulted in millions of Americans losing their jobs triggering the unemployment rate to rise, resulting in millions of unemployed American’s to seek benefit assistance from local unemployment offices and to battle for employment positions at a lesser pay grade and status. While, the economic state of the nation is now in recovery, including the area of the country where the student resides; however, full recovery from the recession has not been experienced by all with there still being a need for individuals to seek part time positions as a means to continue to cover what was lost in the recession. The student experiences a personal bias related to fairness towards the

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