Unemployment Linked to Dislike of Democracy

By Zoё Macintosh, LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 02 June 2010 12:17 pm ET

Individuals out of a job for are more likely to harbor negative opinions about democracy and desire a rogue leader than their employed counterparts, a new study suggests.

Using data from more than 130,000 people from 69 countries, scientists found that having or not having a job is enough to make otherwise similar individuals feel differently about the effectiveness of democratic political systems.