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b'President Barack Obama claims that the country\\u2019s low unemployment rate shows that we\\u2019ve rebounded from the Great Recession. But presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders say the \\u201creal\\u201d unemployment rate is much higher. During this episode of BackStory, the Guys will look at the invention of the official unemployment rate, discuss the struggle among Baltimore\\u2019s working classes in the early 19th century to find and keep work, and uncover the hidden history of unemployment in the U.S.\\n
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