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This chart shows how miserable the major global economies are

Sep 8, 2015, 18:35 IST

It's hard to get by when you don't have a job and the price of goods keeps rising.

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That maxim is behind economist Arthur Okun's dramatically named "Misery Index," which adds together a country's unemployment and inflation rates. The higher the number, the more "miserable" your country is.

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