Yweain t1_j8rm3jy wrote on February 16, 2023 at 1:37 PM

That’s normal numbers though. Usual unemployment rate in the world is around 6%. It was a bit lower before pandemic (5.4%), increased in 2020 to 6.6%, fallen sharply in the next 2 years and projected to rise a bit in 2023 to 5.8%.

BroodPlatypus t1_j8rwfnq wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:55 PM

But this frames it as a single number so this sub will love to see how fucked the world is with it’s still positive job growth.

Rich_Hedberg t1_j8ubzal wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:19 AM

This headline is definitely playing off the fact people would assume it's maybe US or EU or something. Headlines like this infuriate me- communicating information is important but like everything else in our society the spirit of it has been stripped of value and optimized only to generate revenue, in this case in the form of engagement.