The Ticker - Truer U.S. unemployment rate hits recent high of 17.5% - Economy Watch �

The Ticker - Truer U.S. unemployment rate hits recent high of 17.5% - Economy Watch �: "Counts were obviously cruder during the Great Depression, but the 25 percent rate, reached during 1933, is analogous to our 17.5 percent today. Both numbers include the widest possible measure of unemployment."