... of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment ...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Unemployment is the most devastating aspect of social misery.
- In plain terms
- Having no job is the worst part of social suffering.
- What can you take from it?
- Unemployment causes deep social hardship.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is unemployment so devastating?
- What else causes social misery?
Another view
Other forms of misery like illness or isolation can be equally heartbreaking.
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