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Great Depression

  1. gridlock
    Today’s Gridlock Is Like a 19th-Century NightmareWe’re experiencing the instability and close partisan competition of the Gilded Age along with the big differences and fury of the 1850s.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. 2022 midterms
    The 2022 Midterms Could Be Another Referendum on TrumpBiden and Democrats would normally struggle to hold on to Congress in 2022. But Trump sticking around could change the dynamics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. vision 2020
    Could Trump Go the Way of Herbert Hoover?“The Great Humanitarian” was remembered as feckless and cruel. Can the feckless and cruel Trump fare better in a national catastrophe?
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the downturnaround
    Niall Ferguson: ‘People Just Have to Get Over the Fact That Their Wealth Wasn’t Worth What They Thought It Was’In which a famed demon of doom gets over himself.
    By Hugo Lindgren
  5. party chat
    Jerry Stiller on Surviving the Great DepressionWe talk to a celebrity who actually remembers what life was like in the bad days.
    By Jada Yuan
  6. instant politics
    John Heilemann and Robert Reich on Who’s Winning the High-Stakes Game of Bailout ChickenGuess what? It’s not the Democrats.
    By John Heilemann
  7. instant politics
    Robert Reich and Ben Smith on McCain ‘Suspending’ the Campaign and the Exact Chances of Worldwide Financial MeltdownPolitico’s Ben Smith and Robert Reich, former United States secretary of Labor and University of California, Berkley professor, also discuss whether Obama has distinguished himself in dealing with the economy.
  8. company town
    Ben Affleck to Play a Reporter … in Real LifeThe actor-vist will report from eastern Congo for ‘Nightline’; and other media, law, finance, and real-estate news.