Labor Policies During The Great Depression

What was the U.S. government doing about labor policies during The Great Depression?  Very early in the recession the U.S. passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930.

In this video clip Thomas Sowell highlights its effects...

*clip from the Hoover Institution

Humpday Humor: How To Solve Unemployment

An American Farmer's 
World War II Draft Card

What is a politician to do about high rates of unemployment???  Conscription!

Thomas Sowell explains how to solve unemployment...

*clip from the Hoover Institution

California's Seven Year Long Recession

The LA Times reports that thanks to the financial recession, middle aged Californian's are moving in with their parents at a staggering rate:

For seven years through 2012, the number of Californians aged 50 to 64 who live in their parents' homes swelled 67.6% to about 194,000* 

Can we call it a depression yet?  

*data from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Insight Center for Community Economic Development.

Greek Cleaning People Get a Bailout

A Greece court ruled that 397 cleaning people were wrongfully suspended from their jobs last year.  Where did these folks work?  In the tax offices and Finance Ministry.

With the Greek economy shrinking and 27% of its workers still unemployed there is no word yet as to who will be paying the taxes to pay for the cleaners salaries.  Perhaps an EU bailout for the cleaners is in order.

From the AP