What Are the Demographics of the Recession?

Good article from the NY Times giving the facts on what the general demographics of the Recession of 2008 looks like.

Here are two interesting facts:

• The recession is hurting more men than women
• More Latinos than any other ethnic group are out of work

States that have seen high unemployment before are seeing even higher numbers now. The article suggests that the only thing that could possibly help bring us out of recession successfully is for young people to become more educated. Yet I feel like that's very post Great Depression logic. There is already a large portion of highly educated individuals in the United States and many of them are out of a job (it's not just manufacturing jobs anymore!).

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