It can be said without fear of contradiction that, the number of unemployment is increasing in

an alarming rate. The causes of umployment includes rapid technological change,

inadequate education and lack of productivity as well as rising cost.
First and foremost, the evidence is clear that technological change has reduced the need for
routine mechanized work 机械化 and increased both the demand 需求 and pay for high-
skilled technical and analytic work 善于分析. The impact 影响 of automation and artificial
intelligence 人工智能 is an acceleration 促进 of a trend 趋势/转折 decades in the making.

Besides, inadequate 不适当的 education and lack of productivity 生产力 is a main cause of
unemployment. Unemployment will increases progressively with decreased educational
levels. For instance, when people lack proper education, these people are at great risk for
unemployment since companies often do not want to employ them. In contrast, the better
qualified people are, the easier it is to find a job since the demand for well-qualified 合格的/
能胜任的 people is quite high.

Last but not least, the causes of unemployment includes the rising of the wages especially
face a financial crisis. In case of a financial crisis like in 2008, many firms 公司 may have to
terminate job contracts 终止合同 since the demand for their services or goods 服务或商品
drops significantly 大幅度下降 and they will have to fire people in order to survive this
period of economic distress 经济困难.