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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240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think
239. The No-Tipping Point
238. The United States of Cory Booker
237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You
236. How Can This Possibly Be True?
235. Who Needs Handwriting?
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast)
Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast)
234. Do Boycotts Work?
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap
When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast)
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast)
231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right?
230. The Cheeseburger Diet
229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade
Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)
228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?
227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band?
226. Food + Science = Victory!
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