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432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger

Freakonomics Radio

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The Ring Road Is a Colossus of Corruption

In a new york times article for which steve jan was interviewed, the reporter claimed to have traced money from one of jan's road projects to a south african security sub contractor. Jan told us he personally didn't know about this and says dollar figures cited are unrealistically high. He also notes that, due to the strategic importance of the ring road, there was significant oversight....

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