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Unemployment Tops 18%, And Is Probably Higher

The Labor Department shows 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the six week total to 30 million.

We talk to Ali Velshi ( @AliVelshi), MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent, about how these numbers might even be an undercount.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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