1. Do you think that unemployment plays any "function" in society? Who (if anyone) benefits from unemployment?

2. If you lost your job now, how long do you think it would take to find a new one? Do you think that new job would pay as much, more, or less than your current job?

3. Can you imagine a society in which working people did not have to worry about losing their job, losing their home, or falling into poverty because of illness or injury? What would be required in order to create that kind of society?