Aside from employing some public sector workers, governments don't fix high unemployment directly, they can only do so indirectly (by promoting stronger competi

Aside from employing some public sector workers, governments don't fix high unemployment directly, they can only do so indirectly (by promoting stronger competition in the marketplace). Therefore, I don't find it surprising that unemployment isn't directly named in the summary I provided (though it may be mentioned in the full Five Presidents report, I haven't read the whole thing).