Comment by marcuskaz

You think? Here's the U.S. unemployment rate during the great depression

        1929: 3.2%
        1930: 8.7%
        1931: 15.9%
        1932: 23.6%
        1933: 24.9% (Peak of the Great Depression)
        1934: 21.7%
        1935: 20.1%
        1936: 16.9%
        1937: 14.3%
        1938: 19.0% (Economic recession during the Depression)
        1939: 17.2%
        1940: 14.6%