WTF is Unemployment? Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://stamps.com/johnnyharris. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring this video! Unemployment is a bigger deal than any of us realize. If you dive into the economics of it you’ll see why politicians and news anchors are always freaking out about it. Here’s my best explanation in 15 minutes. Get my videos a week early! In the next video, I explore why the lottery is a SCAM. Go to Nebula now and get notified as soon as it's released (a portion of your subscription goes directly to support our channel): https://nebula.tv/johnnyharris Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMzTZDEDIboc4HaTJO54MIxQOS_AS23TBK1dSL9T8dI/edit?usp=sharing Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: null About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox Iz's (my wife’s) channel: null - how i make my videos - Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/ I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77 All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gear-guide - my courses - Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/ Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/courses/visual-storytelling