You would think government would learn something from them.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/finance/2013/01/29/retailers-that-will-close-the-most-stores/?cid=hero_media (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/finance/2013/01/29/retailers-that-will-close-the-most-stores/?cid=hero_media)
If these numbers were moving in the opposite direction, we would be experiencing the biggest growth in history.
But since they're not, one can only deduce we are in a depression.