What’s on Tap? -- 1: The end of a thirteen-year thirst -- 2: The brewery (mostly) vanishes -- 3: America struggles with intoxication--or at least its definition -- 4: A good time for beer -- 5: New Beer's Eve -- 6: Rising from the ashes -- 7: 3.2.1 Recovery -- 8: Financing the brewery revival...

During the presidential election of 1932 Franklin Roosevelt promised a New Deal for the American people. Our goal is to describe the changes wrought by the New Deal. To what extent did the New Deal expand existing programs? What new programs were created at all levels of government? How did the...

The boom and bust in housing during the 2000s has led to renewed interest in the boom and bust in housing between 1920 and 1940. The most commonly used housing value series for this period is reported by Robert Shiller in Irrational Exuberance. We investigate the changes in housing values in...

The American social welfare system was transformed during the 1930s. Prior to the New Deal public relief was administered almost exclusively by local governments. The administration of local public relief was widely thought to be corrupt. Beginning in 1933, federal, state, and local governments...