The Iran War Is Bringing Back Things We’d Rather Forget
An oil shock, work-from-home mandates and a dissembling president? It’s not 2020, but it sure feels like it.
A snapshot from six years ago.
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Let me set the scene for you: It’s the second-to-last day of March. People are filming all sorts of TikTok dances. The oil market is incredibly out of sync. Mandatory work-from-home mandates are on the table. Jonathan Levin says Robinhood traders are questioning the dip. Controversial masking policies are dividing states. Talk of the “little treat economy” is growing louder, according to Shuli Ren. And President Donald Trump, in his handling of the crisis, is “assaulting the organs of truth,” per Max Hastings.