A woman, holding an unemployment application, speaks with an unseen state worker via intercom outside this state WIN job center in Canton, Miss., Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Pandemic Unemployment Plays Out Differently in the US and Europe

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 15, 2020

Dominic Rushe, business editor for The Guardian US, explains why unemployment numbers - while still high and growing - are less dramatic in Europe compared to the United States.

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