More people jobless for the long-term

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Millions of unemployed Americans are not only out of work, but the average time without a job is 29 weeks.Because this so-called Great Recession has lasted more than two years, the number of people looking for work but not finding it for six months or longer is the highest since the Great Depression.Mike Simonson continues our series on “The Long Road to Recovery”.

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