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> [Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/why-was-there-so-much-work-sharing-in-the-1930s-one-reason-is-that/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

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> [For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/for-those-unfortunate-enough-to-experience-it-long-term-unemployment/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

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## Other authors on 1930s

## More by Barry Eichengreen

> [While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/while-holding-the-eurozone-together-will-be-costly-and-difficult-and/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/as-for-the-single-market-the-e-u-s-landmark-achievement-there-is-no/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/why-was-there-so-much-work-sharing-in-the-1930s-one-reason-is-that/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or Greece or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/the-consequences-of-a-collapse-would-not-be-pretty-whichever-country/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/political-union-means-transferring-the-prerogatives-of-national/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/southern-europe-has-not-done-enough-to-enhance-its-competitiveness/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/across-the-continent-political-divisions-are-deepening-for-all-of/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/for-those-unfortunate-enough-to-experience-it-long-term-unemployment/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [More than the Big Mac, Coca Cola, or Levi's 501 jeans, the dollar is surely the United States' signature export.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/more-than-the-big-mac-coca-cola-or-levi-s-501-jeans-the-dollar-is/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/every-day-it-seems-more-likely-that-we-are-destined-or-should-one-say/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/the-24-unemployment-reached-at-the-depths-of-the-great-depression-was/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

> [The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eichengreen/the-1992-crisis-proved-that-the-existing-system-was-unstable-not/)

[Barry Eichengreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eichengreen/)

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