Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/03/13/parking-is-hell-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
Summary: Interview with Professor of Urban Planning, Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking about the hidden price of ‘free’ parking. Includes consideration of the use / abuse of handicapped placards and the percentage of urban land taken up by parking areas.
Length: 37:09
Original air date: March 13, 2013
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/18/167265874/episode-424-how-much-is-a-firefighter-worth
Summary: A look at how changing building codes, etc. have changed the risk of fires and so impacted the market for firefighters. Considers challenges in current public policy around fire fighting, including whether policies reflect the current market.
Original air date: December 18, 2012
Length: 19:21
Summary: A discussion of how the choice of discount rate impacts public policy decisions such as flood protection actions in Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Original Air Date: July 20, 2012
Length 17:38
Summary: Discussion with Charlie Wheelan, author of Naked Economics, of the role of government in provision of public goods and the definition of public goods.
Original Air Date: February 14, 2012
Length 21:49
Main story content begins: 2:16
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