Men without Work Quotes

“Since the end of the twentieth century, the United States has witnessed an ominous and growing divergence among three trends that should ordinarily move together: wealth, output, and employment.”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition

“Men on the economic margin”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition

“The disability rolls should not constitute a holding pen for men who cannot find work or do not want it. It is time for a thorough reform of these programs and a shift away from an approach that rewards helplessness to one that emphasizes personal responsibility. If a “work first” principle informed our social welfare policies”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition

“Bluntly stated”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition

“How big is the “men without work” problem today? Consider a single fact: in 2015, the work rate (or employment-to-population ratio) for American males ages twenty-five–to–fifty-four was slightly lower than it had been in 1940, which was at the tail end of the Great Depression.”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition

“OVER THE PAST two generations, America has suffered a quiet catastrophe. That catastrophe is the collapse of work—for men.”
― Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition