고피나스는 1930년대 대공황 때 세계 경제가 10%가까이 축소됐다며 이번 침체가 그 때만큼 심각하진 않다고 말했다고 워싱턴포스트가 보도했다.
Gopinas said the global economy shrunk by nearly 10 percent during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and said the downturn was not as severe as it was then, the Washington Post reported.