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The Politics Guys

Why Flying is Miserable – And How to Fix It

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4783 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Ganesh Sitaraman, a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a longtime advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren. He's also the author of multiple books, including The Counterinsurgent’s Constitution, The Great Democracy, The Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution. His latest book is Why Flying is Miserable and How to Fix It, which they discuss in this episode. Topics Mike and Ganesh cover include: - what makes flying miserable - the main eras of air flight regulation - cross-subsidies and cream skimming - the old, highly regulated system - what led to deregulation - how the deregulated system has performed - how to make flying less miserable Ganesh Sitaraman on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:05.8

The government, hug the government love, the government, love the government, the government. Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.

1:17.8

I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.

1:22.1

My guest today is Ganesh Sittarman, a professor of law at Vandermilt Law School, senior fellow at the Center for American

1:28.0

Progress, and a longtime advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren. He served as her policy director

1:33.5

and senior counsel. He's also the author of multiple books, including the counterinsurgents

1:39.1

Constitution, the Great Democracy, the Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution, and his latest book, Why Flying

1:46.1

is Miserable and How to Fix It, which we'll be talking about today.

1:50.6

Professor Sitterman, welcome to the show.

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