Luciana Berger Quotes

The slower the economic growth, the more severe is women’s disadvantage.

The worst danger women face [in the modern state] is unemployment, which threatens to engulf them in the coming decade.

The real people who suffer when business is leaving or not successful are the people in the middle class.

A serious economic downturn will undermine women's rights on multiple levels. And it is the women who are already the most disadvantaged, that will be hit hardest of all.

There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.

Textile making is our basic domestic industry. Machine-produced fabrics take away our women’s work and harm their livelihood.

As homeowners see the value of their homes decline, they become more likely to delay purchases of the big items - like automobiles, electronics and home appliances - that are ballasts of the American economy. When those purchases decline, large manufacturing firms, suddenly short on funds, could begin laying off employees.

Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.

Globalization and deindustrialization affected workers of all colors but hit African Americans particularly hard.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

Denying the rights of women and girls is not only wrong in itself; it has a serious social and economic impact that holds us all back.

To be 'squeezed' is to be bound by a very American psychological and socio-economic predicament. Being squeezed involves one's finances, one's social status, and one's self-image.

It would be a sign of society changing if we did finally legalize prostitution. Once it's legal, it doesn't mean your daughter's going to run out and be a ho. The more we sort of bring these things into the light, you bring these hidden vices into the light, the less power they have over our society. You make it legal, it tends to go away.

We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.

This is an anxiety driven world - the whole world is driven by anxiety. It is anxiety about the aftermath of the global financial crisis; it's anxiety about inequality and about computers replacing jobs.

If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work.

Certainly, I know from my own work at the Department of Transport the potential chaos that will follow a 'no deal' Brexit. It will cause disruption, delay and deep damage to our economy.

While the digital transformation of industries will be profound, we must keep in mind that it will have wider economic and social impact, too, as with previous revolutions driven by steam and coal, electricity and computers.

Whatever long-term advantages are claimed for Brexit it is overwhelmingly clear that in the short to medium term it carries risks to our economy and security.

No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment.

Social immobility is driven by family background, instability in childhood and often by parents who don't know how to give children the right start in life.

For me, it is becoming increasingly clear that the price of unregulated globalisation, mass immigration and the free movement of labour is paid for by the lower classes.

Brexit will lead to a flight of talent, money and taxes - and the country will have to take on more and more debt.

Fewer jobs, at lower pay. That's what Obamacare means.

Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel.