Great Depression

Chris Wallace Grills Mnuchin on ‘Rosy’ Economic Predictions

“Question, are your rosy predictions based on economic reality or the November election?” Chris Wallace asked. “My numbers aren’t rosy,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin replied.

Justin Baragona

‘ECONOMIC WOUNDS’

A Great Depression’s Worth of Pink Slips in Just Four Weeks

Three crucial differences between what’s happening now and what happened then: The sort of work that Americans do, where they live, and what they believe that government can do.

Tom Shachtman

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HITTING HOME

The Bob Dylan Musical Brilliantly Reborn on Broadway

Conor McPherson’s ‘Girl From the North Country,’ with music by Bob Dylan, has been beautifully remounted on Broadway—a dark and witty tale of lost souls in Depression-era America.

Tim Teeman

NICK & NORA

Martinis & Wit: The Thin Man’s Effect on Cocktail Culture

Dashiell Hammett’s 1934 novel and its movie adaptation irrevocably changed the course of cocktail culture.

Anna Archibald

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TIMELESS

‘Grapes of Wrath’: Disturbingly Relevant to Trump’s America

‘The Grapes of Wrath’ turns 80 today, and Nobel-prize winning novelist John Steinbeck’s tale of migrants shunned, harassed, and murdered feels horribly contemporary.

Nicolaus Mills