Eric Rauchway is the author of several books on U.S. history including Winter War and The Money Makers. He teaches at the University of California, Davis, and you can find him on Twitter @rauchway.
The warning signs of an epic financial crisis were blinking steadily through 2008—for those who were paying close attention. One clue? According to the ProQuest newspaper database, the phrase "since the Great Depression" appeared in The New York Times nearly twice as often in ...read more