Economy Quote by Janet Yellen

Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment…

— Ben Bernanke

The longer workers are unemployed, the greater the likelihood that their skills will erode and workers will lose attachment to the labor force, permanently…

— Jerome Powell

In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs.

— George W. Bush

For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a…

— Barry Eichengreen

The long-range sloution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it…

— Milton Friedman

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and…

— Janet Yellen

The longer people are unemployed, the less employable they become. Skills become rusty; managers look more suspiciously at someone who has been out of…

— Nina Easton

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations.

— Raj Chetty

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

— Calvin Coolidge

I've heard the argument that unemployment benefits somehow act as a disincentive to the long-term unemployed when it comes to looking for work, but…

— Anonymous

Shouldn't the long-term goal of any society be complete unemployment?

— Doug Stanhope

I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into…

— Jim DeMint