Ken Burns discusses the unforeseen consequences of Prohibition and the political and economic shifts that led to its end. (06:24)

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The fastest way to start a European war is to piss off the Germans, so America should kick them in the schnitzels to jumpstart a World War II-style economic recovery. (04:27)

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The New York Times' Paul Krugman talks about the Lesser Depression and the confidence fairy's effect on the American economy. (04:32)

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Paul Krugman says giving money to the unemployed is a very fast, effective way of creating jobs. (07:23)

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David Wondrich serves Stephen drinks from the Great Depression and the Civil War, and invents a Colbert Bump cocktail. (04:57)

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Paul Krugman says the stimulus package is enough to help, but not enough to cure the economic crisis. (05:44)

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Byron Dorgan doesn't believe in the kind of banking modernization that caused the Great Depression. (05:57)

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Jonathan Chait believes the New Deal was successful because it eased people's misery. (05:21)

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More Republicans endorse Barack Obama. Great, now Republicans will have to suppress their own turnout. (00:36)

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Historians admit that, while it was a depression, it was also great. (03:23)

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Author Jonathan Alter calls Theodore Roosevelt the Bing Crosby of presidents; Stephen calls George W. Bush the FDR of today. (6:30)

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