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Said unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs — that's not how unemployment works

"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs."

AOC said this on PBS Firing Line in 2018 when asked why unemployment was low under capitalism. Economists immediately noted this is not how unemployment statistics work — holding two jobs counts as one employed person.

Date
July 17, 2018
Type
video