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Animation: How Unemployment Insurance Helps Families and the Economy
A video explains how unemployment insurance helps those who've lost their jobs while boosting demand in the economy.
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Update, December 12, 2011: The debate over maintaining unemployment benefits is not new. Last year, CAP produced this animation explaining how unemployment insurance benefits help economic recovery and individuals and their families.
An explanation of how unemployment insurance benefits help economic recovery and individuals and their families.
(transcript, mp4, YouTube)
For more information, see:
- Ask the Expert: Heather Boushey on Unemployment Insurance
- Why We Need to Extend Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits Don’t Prevent Job Searching by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
- Extending Unemployment Insurance 101, by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
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Heather Boushey
Senior Fellow