What Trump Got Wrong About Unemployment
Aug 08, 2016, 11:15 PM
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In his speech on the economy Monday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump touched on one of his favorite topics: the supposedly huge number of Americans who don't have a job.
Lamenting "a silent nation of jobless Americans," Trump rattled off a string of well-worn statistics that he's also cited in stump speeches and interviews.
"Fifty-eight percent of African-American youth are either outside the labor force or not employed.
