Unemployment

“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.”

“Unemployment is viewed as one of the more stressful of life events that an adult can experience. Job loss leads to decreased social status, disrupts family and social roles, produces financial strain, and loss of self esteem, all of which have detrimental consequences for mental health.”

“But the time will come when New England will be as thickly peopled as old England.  Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you as with us.  You will have your Manchesters and Birminghams; and, in those Manchesters and Birminghams, hundreds of thousands of artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of work.  Then your institutions will be fairly brought to the test.”