Over these past months of the COVID19 pandemic, several people all over the world have lost their jobs. Here in the U.S., it is estimated that over 20% of Americans are unemployed.

Your neighbor’s child said to you that both her parents who are university-educated are still working. But, her aunt, a factory worker, who lost her job in late January has remained unemployed since then. She asked you why that is so? She also wonders what education has to do with unemployment.

Use your understanding of what you learned from your study of the business cycle and unemployment to answer Hillary’s issues. Also, determine if the child is right that her aunt is stillunemployed.