1920s

发表于 2019-05-09 adswizz 1920s nationalism

The white nationalist ideas of Madison Grant influenced Congress in the 1920s, leaders in Nazi Germany, and members of the Trump administration. This week, we s…

Eric Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

发表于 2008-12-01 1920s depresson rauchway

Eric Rauchway of the University of California at Davis and the author of The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction , talks with EconTalk …

Will Early Retirements Crash the Economy

发表于 2020-02-27 retirements caused art19

Almost half of Millennials want to retire early. Will that hurt economic growth? There were similar concerns in the 1920s that early retirement would wreck the …

No Scrubs: Breeding a Better Bull

发表于 2015-02-17 gallons breeding 1900

In 1900, the average dairy cow in America produced 424 gallons of milk each year. By 2000, that figure had more than quadrupled, to 2,116 gallons. In this episo…

The United States of Chinese Food

发表于 2015-08-25 gastropod restaurants 1920s

Wander into any town in the U.S., no matter how small and remote, and you’re likely to find at least one Chinese restaurant. In fact, there are more Chinese res…

The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment

发表于 2023-08-23 fad keto saving

What do some epilepsy patients have in common with tech bros, bodybuilders, and Joe Rogan? The high-fat, carb-shunning diet known as keto, whose history dates b…