To try to cure unemployment by inflation rather than by adjustment of specific wage-rates is like trying to adjust the piano to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The stimulus legislation, technically known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was a mixture of tax cuts for families… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was… — John Hume Copy Share Image
On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When you are raised, as John Edwards was, in a small town like Robbins, North Carolina, you get to understand poverty and… — Harvey Gantt Copy Share Image
Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress… — Andrew P. Harris Copy Share Image
What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
My message is that the counterclaim - which is that if wages go up, employment will go down - is a scam.… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Medical thinking usually sees stress as highly disturbing but isolated events such as, for example, sudden unemployment, a marriage breakup, or the… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
“Work done off the paid job is looked down upon if not ignored. autonomous activity threatens the employment level, generates deviance, and… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
A city suffering from chronic poverty, out-of-control crime, a $76 million budget deficit and a 15 percent unemployment rate (nearly 50 percent… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Based on technological research and the transformation of nature, industrialization constantly goes forward, giving proof of incessant creativity. While certain enterprises develop… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
In the U.S., you couldn't have job creation with interest rates of 30 or 40 percent. They had a philosophy that said… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In socialist society certain inequalities in property still exist. But in socialist society there is no longer unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression… — J. Stalin Copy Share Image
Of course there are people who are unable to work and it's right that they are given the support they need. Frustratingly,… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
We've seen tremendous progress in many ways under President [Barack] Obama. I mean, if we think about where the economy was when… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
There's a really sweet spot with acting where you've finished a job, and you've got another one coming up in three or… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
There are two major problems that come out of COVID-19: the massive unemployment that is destroying the revenues for our programs, the… — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, we have to dial down low-skilled immigration. We have to recognize that there is more unemployment among the lesser-skilled workers than… — Edward Conard Copy Share Image
[Companies] are not going to be leaving, go to another country, make the product, sell it into the United States, and all… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The internal conditions in Iran are worsening in all aspects. Poverty and unemployment are becoming more severe, despite the fact that Iran… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
We have too large a disparity in the world; we need more inclusiveness… If we continue to have uninclusive growth and we… — Klaus Schwab Copy Share Image
My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did… — John Hume Copy Share Image
I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous… — Antonis Samaras Copy Share Image
Because a person has to be either working or looking for work to be counted as part of the labor force, an… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Almost every key indicator of the current economy - unemployment, deficits, housing, energy - argues that Obama's reactionary all-powerful statist approach has… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The ultra-right would have us believe that families are in trouble because of humanism, feminism, secular education, or sexual liberation, but the… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
If you continue to use monetary policy to attempt to promote full employment the result would be that you would have higher… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership… — Cliff Stearns Copy Share Image
I've never believed unemployment numbers because the way that they calculate unemployment makes no sense whatsoever. It's not how many people are… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
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