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One of the wildcards in the USA this year is unemployment. Its dropped below 9% for the first time in about two years in February, from a high of around 11%.

Some of the bigger states, Michigan in particular, have really started to see a hell of alot more people employed once again.

In 2007-2008, when the USA industry was gangbusters, unemployment was around 6-8% if memmory serves. The doubling of the unemployment rate from 2006 to late 2009 didn't exactly help the gaming industry. Presumably a couple million console users, or more, lost everything in that time frame.



People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

- Lao Tzu