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How European Countries Deal With Unemployment

Europe isn’t seeing anywhere near as many job losses as the U.S. — even though its economy has also collapsed in recent weeks.

As NPR’s Jim Zarroli (@JimZarroli) reports, European countries tend to deal with unemployment in a much different way, and some people say it’s time for the U.S. to adopt a similar model.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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