It&#x27;s hard to imagine a modern concept like &quot;unemployment&quot; without Capitalism, which brought with it boom&#x2F;bust cycles: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_economic_crises" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_economic_crises</a><p>There&#x27;s very little on that list before the Industrial Revolution