HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): 39 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work longer than 27 weeks. “Mitchell also points out that the share of long-term unemployed during the Great Recession is far greater than at any other post-World War II period, peaking at 45 percent of the unemployed. Sadly, the long-term unemployed comprise the greatest share of unemployed workers.”
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