ML-Implode News - The Growing Unemployed: A Case of Benign Neglect

Why doesn't the unemployment problem get more attention? Why have other worries such as inflation and debt reduction dominated the conversation instead? As I noted at the end of my last column, the increased concentration of political power at the top of the income distribution provides much of the explanation.
Consider the Federal Reserve. Again and again we hear Federal Reserve officials say that an outbreak of inflation could undermine the Fed's hard-earned credibilityÂ and threaten its independence from Congress. But why is the Fed only worried about inflation? Why aren't officials at the Fed just as worried about Congress reducing the Fed's independence because of high and persistent unemployment?

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The Growing Unemployed: A Case of Benign Neglect