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Nicole van den Thillart, 35, was a part-time social worker in the Dutch city of Utrecht until she decided to focus all of her energies on her studies in psychology and motor therapy. But she cannot find a job, even as an ordinary nurse in a psychiatric ward. "The crucial thing is to maintain a disciplined life," Van den Thillart says. "So, I make a program for every new day: get up at a certain time, do this, do that. I keep telling myself I will get a job, I am going to make...
McGurty and Van den Thillart are part of an ominous phenomenon that has taken on alarming proportions in Western Europe. They are the victims of an accelerating wave of unemployment that now stands at a record level of 9.1 million, or 8.3%, in the ten nations of the European Community. That figure may not appear dramatically higher than the U.S.'s 7.5%, but any comparison conceals several key differences. While economists generally consider a jobless rate of 5% to 6% in the U.S. acceptable, governments in Western Europe, the cradle of socialist welfare democracy, have traditionally given full employment...
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