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How do we compare shutdowns. let's bring in dan gross, a columnist for the daily beast. how are you doing? >> pretty good. >> okay, so you say this is the worst shutdown because, quote, in 1995, the internet wasn't really a commercial force. china was still a minor economic power. many of the big changes in the way america work make the u.s. economy more vulner abable to government shutdown-induced dama damages. so how does the internet make the government more vulnerable in a shutdown? >> it's the way people use information. farmers can't get access to data on how much pigs are trading for. t...