CONTENT WARNING: Mention of suicide between 00:47-00:53 Unemployment spreads through communities like an infection and hurts the health of the afflicted just like a sickness. Come discuss this with us on Twitter https://twitter.com/PEGSInstitute Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pegsinstitute Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PEGSInstitute Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/PEGSInstitute Sources: Happiness and unemployment: a panel data analysis for Germany by Liliana Winkelmann and Rainer Winkelmann (1995) https://econ.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:1b71ecfb-f662-4a49-bb34-f95153b619d4/kopo.pdf Unemployment and Mortality: A Comparative Study of Germany and the United States by Christopher B. McLeod, PhD, John N. Lavis, MD, PhD, Ying C. MacNab, PhD, and Clyde Hertzman, MD, PhD (2012) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464820 The impact of unemployment on heart disease and stroke mortality in European Union Countries by Harvey Brenner (2016) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/8e95d2e7-e422-4dd7-bc43-c2dc9f63f6d7/language-en Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Angus Deaton (2020) https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190785/deaths-of-despair-and-the-future-of-capitalism The Case for a Job Guarantee by Pavlina R. Tcherneva (2020) http://pavlina-tcherneva.net/the-case-for-a-job-guarantee/ Lost Connections by Johann Hari (2018) https://thelostconnections.com/ Modelling suicide and unemployment: a longitudinal analysis covering 63 countries, 2000–11 by Dr Carlos Nordt, PhD, Ingeborg Warnke, PhD, Prof Erich Seifritz, MD PD, Wolfram Kawohl, MD, (2015) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(14)00118-7/fulltext Effects of Unemployment on Mental and Physical Health by Margaret W. Linn, PhD, Richard Sandifer, BS, And Shayna Stein, PhD (1985) https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.75.5.502 Economic and Health Implications of Long-Term Unemployment: Earnings, Disability Benefits, and Mortality by Kenneth Couch, Gayle L. Reznik, Christopher R. Tamborini and Howard M. Iams (2014) https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0147-9121(2013)0000038008/full/html Credits: Written by Andrew Johnson & Jackson Winter Spoken by Andrew Johnson Edited by Jackson Winter Icons made by MD Badsha Meah, www.wishforge.games, Charlie, icon king1, Raj Dev, fengquan li, Free Preloaders, Gayrat Muminov, Muhammad Haq from www.freeicons.io Chest Pain, Couple Quarrel, Crying, Death, Dizzy, Drug Overdose, Fed Up, Friend Support, Homeless Family, Man, Man Bullying Elderly, Man Helping a Fallen Friend, Mother and Teenage Son, People Sitting in A Circle, Poverty, Successful Businessman and Suicide Note by Gan Khoon Lay, Australia by Anna Hatzisavas Anxiety and Depression by Adriana Danaila, Disability by Mike Rowe, Family by b farias, Multicultural by ochre7, Gender Neutral by Darin S, Teamwork by Parallel Digital Studio, Future by priyanka and Suburban by Yu luck from the Noun Project All other graphics created by Jackson Winter Music Upside Down by Text Me Records 1940's Slow Dance (Sting) by Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions