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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382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
379. How to Change Your Mind
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work
372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?”
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House
370. How to Fail Like a Pro
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
367. The Future of Meat
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
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