The Van
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Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. is unemployed, spending his days alone and miserable. When his best friend,...
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What's This For? by Killing Joke
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Killing Joke started on the unemployment line. Whether fact or fiction, it was while waiting in line...
The Larry Kudlow Show
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Each Saturday, The Larry Kudlow Show provides listeners with the latest on the unemployment rate,...
Labour Managed Firms and Post-Capitalism
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Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish. If...
Labour Market and Retirement Interactions: A New Perspective on Employment for Older Workers
Jean-Olivier Hairault and Francois Langot
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This volumes examines the interaction of labour market conditions and retirement decisions. Based on...
Handbook of Macroeconomics: Volume 2A-2B
John B. Taylor and Harald Uhlig
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Handbook of Macroeconomics Volumes 2A and 2B surveys major advances in macroeconomic scholarship...
The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-1950
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In 1945 Britain emerged from war triumphant. On July 26, after Labour won a landslide election...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Falling Down (1993) in Movies
Apr 17, 2021
The plot: A middle-aged man dealing with both unemployment and divorce, William Foster (Michael Douglas) is having a bad day. When his car breaks down on a Los Angeles highway, he leaves his vehicle and begins a trek across the city to attend his daughter's birthday party. As he makes his way through the urban landscape, William's frustration and bitterness become more evident, resulting in violent encounters with various people, including a vengeful gang and a dutiful veteran cop (Robert Duvall).
Its a excellent film and recordmend watching it.
Letters from Iceland
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In the summer of 1936, W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a...
ClareR (5726 KP) rated Edge of The Grave in Books
May 16, 2023
Corruption is rife, as is poverty and unemployment (it’s the Depression). Everyone is out for themselves - and that includes the police.
This is a hard, gritty read, not for the faint hearted, but compelling nonetheless. I was gripped from start to finish, and I’ve spotted that there’s more to come from Dreghorn and McDaid in a second book - it’s on my wish list already!