It boosts economic opportunity and social mobility. It’s good for the environment. So why do we charge people to use it? The short answer: it’s complicated. Also: We talk to the man who gets half the nation’s mass-transit riders where they want to go (most of the time).
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435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?
434. Is New York City Over?
“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings
433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)
What if Your Company Had No Rules?
431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?
"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)
430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)
428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest
427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations
426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations?
425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past
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