From Bob Herbert's column in today's New York Times:
A national survey of jobless workers by a pair of professors at Rutgers University shows just how traumatized the work force has become in this downturn. Two-thirds of respondents said that they had become depressed. More than half said it was the first time they had ever lost a job, and 80 percent said there was little or no chance that they would be able to get their jobs back when the economy improves.
The 1,200 respondents were jobless...
Published on September 15, 2009 06:35