Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is "unadoptable and untrained".

A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadoptable and untrained" workers.

A few years later, a larger defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadoptable and untrained" workers.