Against Quote by Barbara Castle

The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard.

— William O'Neill

“Fighting unemployment by methods far more costly than the opening of bread lines and soup kitchens would not have been given serious consideration, regardless…

— Philip A. Fisher

I had an economic system imposed on me.

— Lauryn Hill

In 1978, '79, if you were unemployed, you didn't have an phone, you didn't have a big-screen TV, you didn't have air-conditioned house, and…

— Rush Limbaugh

In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back.

— Noam Chomsky

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

— Luke Ford

“It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread in annual…

— Michael Francis Moore

There were a zillion bad jobs. That doesn't exist any more. I mean, I could wake up one afternoon with zero money and know…

— Fran Lebowitz

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try…

— Clint Eastwood

On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K.…

— Paul Krugman

“Without any incentives for productivity (capitalistic model), they were quite content do nothing, which unfortunately is the by-product of any system that bases wages…

— Ben Carson

I didn't have a job. Employers were afraid of losing their reputations. I didn't have a reputation. I had zilch. So, I had the…

— Jules Feiffer