“Whenmoreandmorepeoplearethrownoutofwork,unemploymentresults,”CalvinCoolidgeonceobserved.AstheU.S.economycrumbles,Coolidge’ssillymaximmightappeartobeasaptasever:thenumberofunemploymentinsuranceclaimsisrising,andoveralljoblessnessiscreepingupward.Butintoday’svastandcomplexlabormarket,thingsaren’talwayswhattheyseem.Moreandmorepeopleareindeedlosingtheirjobsbutnotnecessarilybecausetheeconomyappearstobeinrecession.Andold-fashionedunemploymentisn’ttheinevitableresultofjobloss.Newwork,atlesspay,oftenis. Callitnew-waveunemployment:structuralchangesintheeconomyareoverlappingthebusinessdownturn,givingjoblessnessagrimnewtwist.SmallwonderthattheU.S.unemploymentrateisrising.Nowat5.7percent,itiswidelyexpectedtoedgetoward7percentbytheendofnextyear.Butstatisticsalonecan’tfullycaptureacomplexreality.Theunemploymentratehasbeenhelddownbyslowgrowthinthelaborforce—thenumberofpeopleworkingorlookingforwork—sincefewpeoplesenseattractivejobopportunitiesinaweakeconomy.Inaddition,manymorepeoplearelosingtheirjobsthanareactuallyendingupunemployed.Facedwithhungrymouthstofeed,thousandsofwomen,forexample,aretakingtwoormorepart-timepositionsoragreeingtoshavethehourstheyworkinservice-sectorjobs.Forbetterandforworse,workinAmericaclearlyisn’twhatitusedtobe.Nowunemploymentisn’t,either. Likesouroldwineinnewbottles,thisdownturnblendsalittleoftheoldandthenewreflectingadecade’sworthofchangeinthedynamicU.S.economy.Yet,inmanyrespectsthedeclineisfollowingtheclassicpattern,withnewlayoffsconcentratedamongblue-collarworkersinthemost“cyclical”industries,whoseupsanddownstracktheeconomymostclosely. Asthedownturnattractsattentiononworkers’illfortunes,someanalystspredictthatpoliticalupheavalmaylieahead.RealwagesfortheaverageU.S.workerpeakedin1973andhavebeenfallingalmosteversince.Asaresult,agrowinggroupofdownwardlymobileAmericanscouldsoonbeginpressingpolicymakerstohelpproducebetter-payingjobs.Justhowloudtheoutcrybecomeswilldependpartlyonthecourseoftherecession.Butinthelongrun,there’slittledoubtthatthebleakoutlookforjobsandjoblessnessis“politically,sociallyandpsychologicallydynamite”. Accordingtothepassage,theunemploymentratehasbeenkeptunderlimitsbecause_____.
A.the number of the people in the work force slowly increases
B.very few people really lose their original jobs
C.less and less people are out finding new jobs
D.the government has taken strong measures to control the unemployment rate
正确答案是A