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    Venezuela’s unemployment rate is considered to be the highest in South America as of 2015. As the sixth largest company in South America, Venezuela is known for being one of the world’s leading producer in petroleum, manufacturing, gems and precious metals. Over the last three years, Venezuela’s overall lack of economic growth and government actions internationally seem to have some form of responsibility to its current state. Venezuela currently has an estimate of 14.09 percent unemployment…

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    solution to reduce poverty and unemployment rates. Many labor forces in Australia have described the cycle between joblessness and low-quality employment as one of the leading cause of cyclical unemployment, cost-push inflation, and income inequality. With a population of over 24 million Australians, it should surprise us that with just nine of the wealthiest individuals combined have a net worth that is equivalent to the bottom 20 per cent of the income workforce. Unemployment is a major…

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    Poverty and unemployment are problems that almost every country in the world are struggling with this issue. To make a great nation, a strong economy, and reduce the amount of unemployment and poverty in their country would always be the president goals, no matter which country it is. USA current presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, seem to have the same plan on bringing back the American companies and manufacture to this country to create more jobs and help to eliminate the…

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    Unemployment is a societal phenomenon that can adversely affect the functioning of a society economically, socially as well as having an affect on the individual and their role in society as a whole. In Australia, this social problem is ongoing and using sociological theories we can explain this. This essay will examine 3 things: The definition of unemployment and the impact it has on modern Australia, the sociological theory of conflict, and how this theory can be applied to unemployment. It…

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    poorest people. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown a decrease in unemployment both nationwide and in Ohio, but the rate of unemployment for African American people is almost twice when compared to that of whites. This difference in the rates has been going for the last 50 years and it is still a big problem for the nation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, looking at the employment rate for 2015 and 2016, the unemployment rate for the Whites in August 2015/2016 and July 2016 was…

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    However, it is important to understand how their unemployment relates to their environment. When the unemployment rate continues to climb among a society, it cannot be seen as the result of a personal flaw or weakness. When problems are shared by so many others in a society we have to reasonably assume that something within the structure of that society is contributing to the problem. When unemployment is climbing it is often related to a public issue of economic deterioration…

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    Native American Unemployment Rises, While Tribes Create Jobs Worst Unemployment in Midwest, High Employment in Nebraska Government housing. Alcohol and cigarettes. Just a few things that might make up a weekend on the reservation. This is a “good” weekend for Native Americans on the reservation, comparatively to other weekends which might include working and more working. While many Americans spend their weekends at home with families and going places, some American Indians do not. Americans…

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    Greetings Why citizens stop looking for work. Please read the complete short article(URL below) regarding unemployment statistics in Nevada. I experienced this in LA, I had tenants, in my rental units, that were on welfare that were making more tax-free money than I was making on one of my regular full time jobs. And.... They did not want to pay the rent to the white man. Oh... did George make a racist remark?... Call the PC Police... I need to seek asylum in my safe place so I do not have to…

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    My place of research interest is Brooklyn, which is located in Kings County in New York. Brooklyn is the fastest growing borough in the New York. This population increase has resulted in gentrification, which has caused displacement of certain racial groups due to higher property values. In 2014, Brooklyn’s population was 2,504,700. Of the total population, 97% classified them themselves as belonging to one race - 42.8% identify as White (1,072,041), 34.3% Black or African American (860,083),…

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    The Vermont Economy is struggling even though we have a low unemployment rate. This unemployment rate masks the real truth most Vermonters are only making an average of a little over fifteen dollars. Fifteen dollars an hour is not enough to support a family of four in today’s economy. Personally I work in college and, I make minimum wage and that’s just enough to buy gas and groceries for the week. I couldn’t imagine trying to raise a family in Vermont on these wages. A pure indication on…

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