Day: April 15, 2024

Length or breadth, nexus exists between unemployment and insecurity.  This is predicated on the logic that unemployment  exacerbates inequalities and fuel a sense of resentment. Thus unemployed and underemployed people are often more at risk of depression, anxiety and stress. This can  occasionally lead to violence. A 19th Century American social worker was quoted as saying: “of all the aspects of social misery, nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.” A look at the rate of violent activities in the world would suggest that countries with high employment rates and entrenched social…

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