More than likely the unemployment rose for two reasons. Doesn't matter as you pointed out WWII ended the unemployment problem. It also insured the position of the rich manufactures. We sold bonds to pay for the war, all the little folks bought them and the rich got richer. They liked it so well they started looking for wars. They called it a cold war, it heated up in spots here and there, and we were convinced in order to maintain 'our American Way Of Life', we had to protect and defend the world.
We made the dollar the standard. Now we are broke and the rest of the world wants their share of their countries profits, shame on them. Don't they realize that we made it all possible??
It's funny, the countries I have visited all like the American People, it's our government they have a problem with. Why?? VV