Press Play with Madeleine Brand
US shed more than 20 million jobs in April, unemployment reaches nearly 15%
Today’s jobs report suggests the U.S. could be heading back to Great Depression territory. The numbers show more than 20 million jobs were lost last month. That’s more than double the jobs lost during the 2008 recession.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readToday’s jobs report suggests the U.S. could be heading back to Great Depression territory. The numbers show more than 20 million jobs were lost last month. That’s more than double the jobs lost during the 2008 recession. The unemployment rate is now nearly 15% — compared to 25% unemployment in 1933. KCRW looks at the financial crisis today — and lessons from the Great Depression.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Robert Reich
professor of Public Policy at the University of California Berkeley, former labor secretary under Bill Clinton
David M. Kennedy
Professor of History at Stanford