[nopardons]

Long before there was Federal Unemployment Insurance, many ethnic societies, had unemployment funds. They also made sure that widows and orphans were taken care of; but that's a whole other topic.

It's late, so I can't really go into this much more,right now, but I promise you that I shall get back to you on this. K ?

[patriciaruth]

Thanks for offering to explain more about depressions later.

As Short Circuit No.5 would say, "Input! I need input!"

I knew not all depressions were caused by speculation and resulting stock market crashes, but your reminding me of the huge destruction of WWI, loss of a generation of workers in the trenches, and the 20 million dead from the Swine flu (it did not originate in Spain) was useful.