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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The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)
293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)
292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry
291. Evolution, Accelerated
290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet.
289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns?
288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?
287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!
286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)
285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?
284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)
283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)
282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others?
281. Big Returns from Thinking Small
280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections.
How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast)
279. Why Is My Life So Hard?
278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory
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