Throughout the Great Depression, the nation’s unemployment averaged 18 percent for the entire eleven year period. As a result pessimism was the rule rather than the exception and people had to try hard to maintain a sunny disposition; but try they did.
“One way to make money these days is to buy from pessimists and sell to optimists…”
When W.W. II began and the factories reopened, the reality of having money and full-time employment made so many people giddy with excitement it proved to be too much for them – click here to read about that…
