First off, that prime age employment graph is a problem.  The best way to lie with a graph is to fuck with the scale, so unless your intentionally misrepresenting data, your graphs should start at 0.<p>Secondly, his reasoning is, as he says,<p>&quot;Back before 2008, I used to teach my students that during a disturbance in the business cycle, we&#x27;d be 40 percent of the way back to normal in a year.&quot;<p>Yet, this has never been the case after a major crash.  Not in 2008, nor &#x27;99, &#x27;87, &#x27;78, etc.  Compared to history, we are doing a bit better than previous recoveries.<p>Sounds like he&#x27;s just pissed off that the US is the doing well despite not following his political beliefs regarding economic policy.  It&#x27;s like a preacher on the street corner talking about how we are all on the path to hell, despite all evidence to the contrary.