Employment and Unemployment
This video teaches the concepts of Employment and Unemployment. Employment refers to people who have jobs while unemployment refers to people who wish to work but cannot find jobs.
Key Concepts
Aggregate Demand (AD), Aggregate Supply (AS), Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Cyclical Unemployment, Employment Rate, Frictional Unemployment, Structural Unemployment
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