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How High-Speed Rail Transformed Regional Productivity
In this episode of The Productivity Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how high-speed rail has quietly become one of the most powerful productivity tools of the modern economy. They anchor on Japan's Shinkansen, which cut travel time between Tokyo and Osaka from over six hours to under three, and examine how that single infrastructure investment compressed economic distance, reshaped labor markets, and unlocked agglomeration effects. They also look at Spain's high-speed network and the surprising economic results there, including the debate over whether it paid off. Along the way, they…
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