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Podcast: New Books in Public Policy
Episode: Tom Haines-Doran, "Derailed: How to Fix Britain's Broken Railways" (Manchester UP, 2022)
Description: Why don't trains run on time? Why are fares so expensive? Why are there so many strikes?Few would disagree that Britain's railways are broken, and have been for a long time.In Derailed: How to Fix Britain's Broken Railways (Manchester University Press, 2022), Dr. Tom Haines-Doran provides an insightful new book that calls for a radical rethink of how we view the railways, and explains the problems we face and how to fix them. Dr. Haines-Doran argues that the railways should be seen as a social good and an indispensable feature of the national economy. Wi...