Kay Lehman Schlozman is J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Sidney Verba (1932–2019) was Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus, and Research Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Reagan’s economic policy suggests that the new Administration will try to cut the social programs that provide support for the unemployed and underemployed…because he believes that there are so many unemployed in the United States because life is too easy and people do not take work seriously. This book will help him correct this misconception. It will tell him something about the experience of unemployment and the hardship, self-doubt, and anxiety of those who are without work in the United States today.

Kay Lehman Schlozman is J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Sidney Verba (1932–2019) was Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus, and Research Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Reagan’s economic policy suggests that the new Administration will try to cut the social programs that provide support for the unemployed and underemployed…because he believes that there are so many unemployed in the United States because life is too easy and people do not take work seriously. This book will help him correct this misconception. It will tell him something about the experience of unemployment and the hardship, self-doubt, and anxiety of those who are without work in the United States today.

Kay Lehman Schlozman is J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Sidney Verba (1932–2019) was Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus, and Research Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Reagan’s economic policy suggests that the new Administration will try to cut the social programs that provide support for the unemployed and underemployed…because he believes that there are so many unemployed in the United States because life is too easy and people do not take work seriously. This book will help him correct this misconception. It will tell him something about the experience of unemployment and the hardship, self-doubt, and anxiety of those who are without work in the United States today.