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Why central bankers want higher unemployment

The David McWilliams Podcast

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The Basic Idea of Unemployment

Economists regard unemployment as simply what happens when the economy is out of kilter. When you can't make plans, your sense of yourself and the world diminishes profoundly. It's very hard for somebody on a low wage or who's unemployed to think in terms of what's good for the environment.

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