i am currently looking for employment.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. According to International Labour Organization report, more than 200 million people globally or 6% of the world's workforce were without a job in 2012. The causes of unemployment are heavily debated. Classical economics, new classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics argued that market mechanisms are reliable means of resolving unemployment. These theories argue against interventions imposed on the labor market from the outside, such as unionization, bureaucratic work rules, minimum wage laws, taxes, and other regulations that they claim discourage the hiring of workers. Keynesian economics emphasizes the cyclical nature of unemployment and recommends government interventions in the economy that it claims will reduce unemployment during recessions. This theory focuses on recurrent shocks that suddenly reduce aggregate demand for goods and services and thus reduce demand for workers.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't currently work as I am disabled, but I hear of many people who just can't find work, which is very sad."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is sad. Over 200 million people were unemployed globally in 2012."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's a lot of people. Do you have any idea what the numbers are for the US?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't know but unemployment in the UK was at 4.5% in 2017."}, {"role": "user", "content": "At least in the UK people can claim unemployment benefit without there being a time limit. It's not much but it's better than nothing."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You also have to have been laid off in the USA not fired. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Gosh, that's a bit harsh. What if it wasn't your fault or your boss didn't like you? Perhaps we should have Universal Income, where everyone gets paid something regardless of whether or not they work."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It would be nice but I don't think it would ever work. Unemployment benefits are even trickier during a recession as unemployment goes up."}, {"role": "user", "content": "You would think the Gov. would make it easier when unemployment is up, not trickier. More people need help!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You'd hope so. For some people the benefits may be so small it may only cover the bare necessities. "}]