The growth of unemployment over twenty years: macroeconomic interpretations - The available indicators for any attempt to characterize the different forms of unemployment are approximate and interpretations are neither sure nor simple. They suggest, however, that the rise in unemployment is the result of multiple causes, and that each one nas varied in importance in the course of the last twenty years. During certain periods, the rise in unemployment seems to have been linked to cient demand. Particularly in 1975 and in 1981, industrial enterprises were not running at full capacity and unemployment was growing rapidly. Since the 1974 rupture, the increase of uncertainties, the weakening of demand, and the drop in profitability have caused ...