> the worst economy in 50 years Surely it was worse in the mid 70s to the early 80s, and again in the early 90s? - Unemployment http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi

> the worst economy in 50 years Surely it was worse in the mid 70s to the early 80s, and again in the early 90s? - Unemployment http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Us_unemployment_rates_1950_2005.png/400px-Us_unemployment_rates_1950_2005.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Us_... - GDP per capita in 2000 $ http://qmarks.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/gdp-per-capita-in-oecd-countries/ http://qmarks.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/gdp-per-capita-in-oec...