The Atlantic – Obama’s Misguided Effort to Protect the Unemployed From Hiring Bias

From The Atlantic:

Is This Really A Problem? (No.)

“For starters, we have little evidence that this sort of discrimination is playing a significant role in hiring. Yes, prolonged unemployment is a problem. But the reason for this is due to the lack of job openings paired with a skills mismatch. While there might be a handful of instances where employers are shunning the unemployed, no one is suggesting that discrimination is playing a major role in the U.S. unemployment problem.”

The writer, Daniel Indiviglio, is a former investment banker and consultant turned associate editor at The Atlantic. 

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