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Unemployment Quotes

Straight talk on joblessness, policy, and the economy.

These lines take a clear-eyed economic view, pointing out persistent racial gaps in joblessness and the long-debated tradeoff between inflation and employment. Related reading lives under Economic quotes.

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

Quotes by William Weld

I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent.

Quotes by William Vickrey

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

Quotes by William Vickrey

Always Quotes

Currently a level of unemployment of 7 percent or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation.

Quotes by William Vickrey

If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain.

Quotes by William Vickrey

President Obama's policies have been categorical failures for our country. Unemployment is over nine percent, our deficits are growing, and small businesses are being burdened with regulations.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

Major drivers of global unemployment are lack of job creation and skills shortage or mismatch.

Quotes by Tae Yoo

The interest rate because of Mr. Raghuram Rajan has been too high, and so medium and small industries have all collapsed. This has led to increased unemployment.

Quotes by Subramanian Swamy

Country Quotes

There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

Quotes by Stewart Brand

The unemployment rate is not real.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.

Quotes by Steve Hanke

With President Trump, we've seen the lowest ever African-American and Hispanic unemployment.

Quotes by Steve Hilton

Germany and South Korea were able to lower unemployment through success in export industries.

Quotes by Stef Wertheimer

Down Quotes

Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.

Quotes by Shirin Ebadi

They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job, because the job doesn't pay as much as the unemployment benefit does.

Quotes by Sharron Angle

No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Prices are going up. Unemployment continues to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system.

Quotes by Ron Paul

Trade is not the cause for unemployment. In fact, the biggest drivers for unemployment are innovation and increased productivity. It has nothing to do with trade.

Quotes by Roberto Azevedo

Economic Quotes

The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right.

Quotes by Robert Farrar Capon

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is covered in this Unemployment quotes collection?
This page gathers plainspoken economic observations about joblessness, including racial disparities in unemployment rates and long-running debates about inflation, deficits, and policy tradeoffs. It reads more like economic commentary than motivational content.
Why do people quote lines about unemployment?
Unemployment is a recurring economic and social issue, so concise, well-argued lines about it get cited often in discussions, essays, and classrooms. These quotes distill decades of economic debate into a few sharp sentences.
Does this collection mention racial gaps in unemployment?
Yes, one entry points out that joblessness has long run about double the rate among Black Americans compared with white Americans, a well-documented economic disparity. It is presented as a factual observation.
Is there a quote about the tradeoff between inflation and jobs?
Several entries explore this classic economic tension, weighing how much inflation might be an acceptable cost for lower unemployment. Related reading appears under Economic quotes.
What does the quote about deficits and unemployment argue?
That line argues that running larger deficits can be a reasonable price to pay if it meaningfully reduces the greater harm of widespread joblessness. It reflects one side of an ongoing economic policy debate, stated as a general principle.

Other entries weigh how much joblessness a healthy economy can tolerate and argue that bigger deficits can be a fair price for easing hardship. Browse Country or Down quotes as well.