2009 vs 1887: A Grim Look at History of Unemployment

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/19/Looking_for_Work_A_History_of_Unemployment

The American History Guys trace the modern day concept of unemployment back to the era between the 1870s and 1880s - a period of recession they say closely mirrors the current economic climate.

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Join the creators of BackStory with the American History Guys for a live taping of the radio show at the Miller Center. BackStory is the American history-themed public radio show hosted by University of Virginia History Professor Peter Onuf, University of Richmond President Edward Ayers, and Miller Center GAGE Chair Brian Balogh.

The show's theme is "Looking for Work: A History of Unemployment," and explores themes such as joblessness, immigration, and internal migration through three centuries of American life. - Miller Center of Public Affairs

In July 2007, Edward Ayers assumed the presidency of the University of Richmond. Previously Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, where he began teaching in 1980, Ayers was named the National Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2003.

Brian Balogh is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia and Director of the GAGE National Fellowship Program. Before coming to U.Va., Brian Balogh taught history at Harvard University. Trained as a historian at The Johns Hopkins University, his specialties are 20th century American history, political history, history of science and technology, and environmental history.

Peter S. Onuf is Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia, and author of Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood (Virginia) and co-author (with Nicholas G. Onuf) of Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War.

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[befranklintoo]

the bankers pull the same stunt before a hundred years ago

just before the kindling of the first world war. the historian who does not live in the real world does not know history.

[louis12346]

Animal- id bill & clean water act will close down the rest of small farms

[nelrish24]

waw

[mickyboy200768]

@Kritiker9 , end of slavery, millions of plantation slaves left the farms for freedom and headed to cities

[Kritiker9]

I would like to hear what pulled the people out of farms. Where there too many on farms. Did they want to get independent from their families or landlords...?

[dreamthinker79]

its been 2 monthes, and now its somewhere between 19-21%

[ELLEONTHEJUDA07]

Casually brought up and informative...

[pshinspections]

Not so. Those employers are simply breaking the law in employing illegals. We are a nation of laws. You must follow the law before you learn how to bend it. Illegal employment is a crime. Going around it, for any reason, is contributory to the problem, not the solution.

[pshinspections]

The guy is wrong in his assumptions about slavery, but the topic is interesting.

[InTheSticks1881]

The current and real unemployment rate is somewhere between 16-17%.

[tenorama]

USA is turning latino illegals immigrants country, they are working doing jobs most jobless americans want to do