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They’re Back (the 1930s, That Is)
G-men! Hoovervilles! Fireside chats! Here we go again…
Mustachioed heartthrob, 1937: Clark Gable
Mustachioed heartthrob, 2009: Brad Pitt
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Some panicky prognosticators say our times may soon resemble the 1930s. Then, as now, greedy investors
and weird financial instruments brought the world’s markets to their knees. And then, as now, Americans
responded with gumption, moxie, pluck—and public works projects. Are we in for a revival of pre-WWII
mores? Cut the booshwah, you mopes (look it up!), and see how alike the two eras already are. —DavidDudley
SELF-HELP TOME
CAREER DOWNSIZING
UNSEEMLY BUSINESS INDULGENCE
NATURAL DISASTER
HIP HEADWEAR
FAVORITE DISTRACTION
OUTLAW CHICAGOAN
FRUGAL TRANSPORTATION
TIMELY POP HIT
GOSSIP MAVEN
FEEL-GOOD MOVIE
DEPRESSION-PROOF CAREER
TROUBLE-PRONE YANKEE SLUGGER
FAVORITE PERFORMING FAMILY
How to Win Friends and Influence
People by Dale Carnegie
How to Survive a Robot Uprising
by Daniel H. Wilson
Fedoras
The Dust Bowl
Hoboing >>
Duesenberg
Corporate jet >>
Temping
Global warming
Fedoras
Freight hopping
Al Capone
Huddling around the radio >>
Rod Blagojevich >>
Huddling around the Wii
“Yes We Can” by will.i.am >>
Matt Drudge
Hypermiling
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
by Harburg and Gorney
Walter Winchell
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Apple seller
Bankruptcy lawyer
Babe Ruth
Alex Rodriguez
