This is the hidden secret of "unemployment". A lot of people have just given up looking for employment, and are on SSDI or some other such program. The number o

This is the hidden secret of "unemployment". A lot of people have just given up looking for employment, and are on SSDI or some other such program. The number of Americans on SSDI went from about 4M to 9M between 1998 and 2014: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/dibGraphs.html#3 https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/dibGraphs.html#3