The landscape of U.S. history is riddled with peaks and valleys of prosperity and depression. And what the economic topography of the past shows us is that the current "fiscal cliff" is definitely not the first. Today, we'll consider the fiscal cliff scenario of the 1930s and its relation to the present.

Guests:

David Stebenne, Associate Professor of History and Law at The Ohio State University

Jessica Wehrman, Reporter for the Columbus Dispatch Washington Bureau