to cross and more i'm joined by my guest william luther king employee he's an assistant professor of economics at florida atlantic university as well as director of the sound money project at the american institute for economic research and in beijing we crafted to go he is the vice president of the center for china and globalization carjacking crosstime groups in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to william 1st in florida. just a few hours ago unemployment data was just released now we're up to over 20000000 people applying for unemployment in the united states who would have thought even 6 weeks ago it's extraordinary and being a historian by trade i know the history of the great depression depression very well not only in the united states but globally so when i see these numbers come out it's terrifying to hear how it is you know this pandemic will be resolved it's only a matter of question and resources and patients because i understand that because i've been locked down for a month now and it's getting very very tiresome.