How Our Laws Make It So Americans Have To Drive
Today's episode is all about cars — specifically, about how the law has paved the way for their dominance in our everyday lives and shaping the way we live in fundamental ways.
Our guest is Gregory Shill, a Law Professor at the University of Iowa who grew up here in Metro Detroit.
Professor Shill recently wrote a piece in the Atlantic headlined, "Americans shouldn't have to drive, but the law insists on it."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/car-crashes-arent-always-unavoidable/592447/
It's an especially germane topic here in Detroit, where there's been so much controversy…
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