The Real News Network
The Real News Network
@therealnews·1.1M subscribers·15.6K videos

Official Unemployment is at 3.9%? Economist Robert Pollin Says it is More Like 12%

Posted

May 14, 2018

Views

6,761

Likes

271

Comments

68

Engagement

5.01%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

Unemployment is low and standard economic theory says that when unemployment drops, wages should rise. However, the latest Department of Labor report shows that even though unemployment has reached historic lows at 3.9%, wages are not rising. Why? We explore the reasons with Prof. Robert Pollin

Visit for more stories and help support our work by donating at

Guests & Subjects Covered

Why WeProf Robert Pollin Visit

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.