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PHILADELPHIA — Economist Stephen Wandner knows as much about the nation’s unemployment system as anyone. He was a longtime official in the Labor Department. He’s written dozens of academic articles and is a leading researcher on the future of joblessness benefits in America. But filling out an unemployment application — that confused even him. Wandner sat beside his wife, an attorney, after she was furloughed from her job in 2017 and needed to apply for benefits in Washington. The couple, crouched over their computer screen, selected the English language application,…
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