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A study is presented that deals with the unemployment problem in Europe. While the prevailing explanations of sources of unemployment - jobless growth, rigid labor markets, and the process of globalization - are rejected, it is argued that technological backwardness, slow growth, and investment rates are responsible for the high European unemployment rate. A change in the mix of economic policy implement in Europe is proposed in order to decelerate real interest rates and increase investments, GDP, and employment.