Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country who is fit and free for work is employed productively every day of his or her working life... Full employment means that unemployment is reduced to short intervals of standing by, with the certainty that very soon one will be wanted in one's old job again or will be wanted in a new job that is within one's powers.


Full Employment in a Free Society (Works of William H. Beveridge): A Report (ed. Routledge, 2014) - ISBN: 9781317569787

William Beveridge Quotes

Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country who is fit and free ...

Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country who is fit and free ...

Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country who is fit and free ...

Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country who is fit and free ...