I didn't say it was proof. It is merely prima facie evidence that government intervention to "rescue" the banking system had the exact opposite effect to it's stated purpose. Before the government intervened to "fix" things, there was never an economic crisis on the scale of the Great Depression. Within sixteen years of the "fix," the whole system went to hell in a handbasket. Whatever else you can say, that doesn't speak well for the wisdom of government meddling in the economy, does it?