"Joblessness" or "Unemployment" it's Getting Worse

Singapore Braces for Increase in Joblessness.

Or as the rest of us say, "Unemployment". Will a continued rise in unemployment inevitably lead to an undermining of legitimisation of the PAP? "Yes we are tough, we need to be tough in order to secure employment for Singaporeans".

Or does it simply highlight the fact that the State is no longer in the driving seat and simply at the mercy of multi-national corporations like every other State?