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Unemployment causes depression and other types of mental reactions that are classified as disorders or diseases.

• nitrogen 10y ago
  It could be argued that it's not unemployment itself that causes depression, but the implications and effects of unemployment. If one could magically find independence, social acceptance, and financial support without employment, I suspect most of the ill effects of unemployment would disappear.
  • DonaldFisk 10y ago
    Ideally, something like Basic Income. In the UK the means testing for benefits if you find yourself out of work has resulted in numerous suicides: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iain-duncan-smiths-tougher-fit-to-work-tests-coincide-with-590-additional-suicides-a6737136.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iain-duncan-sm...
  • disease 10y ago
    As someone who has spent significant amounts of time 'funemployed', I have to disagree. There's a great line from Madmen about people that retire early. They play golf, they go to parties and then they die.
    • nitrogen 10y ago
      I think the trick might be treating "work" and "employment" as separate concepts. Systematically unemployed people might find fulfillment working on things they decide for themselves are worth the effort.