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Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage, a Yale history professor, is the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded.
Articles By Beverly Gage
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Things Can Change
A century ago, there were forms of brutal violence considered so thoroughly American that they could never be banished. Today, they no longer exist.
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Why Is There No Liberal Ayn Rand?
American conservatives have a canon. Why don’t American liberals?
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The Ode to Nixon Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Mitt Romney’s tax plan, shifting public attitudes on climate change, and a New Yorker profile of Paul Ryan.
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The Boss of Bosses
One hundred years ago, John Pierpont Morgan was called before a Congress suspicious of his bank’s power and influence. Sound familiar?
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The Eat Your Broccoli Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act arguments, possible political fallout from the decision, and the pros and cons of judicial elections.
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“A Drunkard in the Gutter Is Just Where He Ought To Be”
Meet the man who invented the GOP’s defense of the wealthy—in 1883.
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Radical Solutions to Economic Inequality
If only Americans today were as open-minded about leveling the playing field as we were 100 years ago.
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Lessons for Occupy Wall Street
Take a cue from the only social movement that has ever made a real dent in the nation’s extremes of wealth and poverty.
