Employment and Unemployment [Discussion]

Mr. Williamson has devoted his paper to that important topic which fortunately, or unfortunately, all of must be deeply concerned with if we intend to live, eat, and dress in our accustomed style. Formerly, employment and the lack thereof were matters of purely individual concern. In fact, in the very earliest days of history, when society was so individualized, there was no such thing as lack of employment but rather lack of sufficient time to devote to working and producing. Industrialization has, along with its many benefits brought the type of lack of coordination which we term unemployment.