The Moebro Crisis

The Moebro crisis was a great opportunity to face the facts, Stephen Dubner says. We produce a lot of garbage but not as much as we used to believe it or not, he says. In New York, the amount of trash per capita peaked in the 1940s because our waste back then was so heavy,. But there are a lot more people around today, and too much of our trash ends up in places where it's not supposed to be., Dubner writes.