“Subsidised jobs help, but they’re no panacea”: History shows there’s no quick fix for unemployment
Higher unemployment is a price we’ve paid to control the virus. It will take a mix of measures to ensure that cost is only temporary. Here's why.
By Peter Gahan, University of Melbourne
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