NEWS
GOOD PEOPLE
HISTORY
LIFE HACKS
THE PLANET
SCIENCE & TECH
POLITICS
WHOLESOME
WORK & MONEY
About Us Contact Us Privacy Policy
GOOD is part of GOOD Worldwide Inc.
publishing family.
© GOOD Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Battle over High-Speed Rail Rages on

The Harvard economist Edward Glaeser (pictured) wrote a four-post series in The New York Times recently arguing that high-speed rail won't work in...


The Harvard economist Edward Glaeser (pictured) wrote a four-post series in The New York Times recently arguing that high-speed rail won't work in the States. Needless to say, he had some critics around the ’net. One was Ryan Avent at Streetsblog. Now The Infrastructurist is piling on with a lengthy post debunking Glaeser.

On a side note: Is it just me or do economists tend to be oddly invested in explaining why we can't improve upon the status quo?

More Stories on Good