Tanya Mosley
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One of the things your book does in talking about these bad laws is kind of give the reader, like open up the reader's mind to a vision of what would our society look like if these laws were no longer in existence or we had a chance to vote for them, for a new set of laws. How would overhauling voter registration, from your view, actually change society?
One of the things your book does in talking about these bad laws is kind of give the reader, like open up the reader's mind to a vision of what would our society look like if these laws were no longer in existence or we had a chance to vote for them, for a new set of laws. How would overhauling voter registration, from your view, actually change society?
Okay, let's take a break. Our guest today is legal scholar and author Ellie Mistal. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.
Okay, let's take a break. Our guest today is legal scholar and author Ellie Mistal. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.
Okay, let's take a break. Our guest today is legal scholar and author Ellie Mistal. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.
OK, I was really fascinated by your chapter on airline deregulation. I love the title, Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines? And this is an important chapter because you have this theory that Democrats embracing neoliberalism actually kickstarted with President Carter signing the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 into law. Explain and say more about that.
OK, I was really fascinated by your chapter on airline deregulation. I love the title, Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines? And this is an important chapter because you have this theory that Democrats embracing neoliberalism actually kickstarted with President Carter signing the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 into law. Explain and say more about that.
OK, I was really fascinated by your chapter on airline deregulation. I love the title, Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines? And this is an important chapter because you have this theory that Democrats embracing neoliberalism actually kickstarted with President Carter signing the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 into law. Explain and say more about that.
I think all of us do by now. I mean, very few people love it still. In part because of what has happened over the decades. Yes, continue.
I think all of us do by now. I mean, very few people love it still. In part because of what has happened over the decades. Yes, continue.
I think all of us do by now. I mean, very few people love it still. In part because of what has happened over the decades. Yes, continue.
Yeah, he was a Yale law professor, right? Robert Bork, yes. And he invented this case for airline deregulation.
Yeah, he was a Yale law professor, right? Robert Bork, yes. And he invented this case for airline deregulation.
Yeah, he was a Yale law professor, right? Robert Bork, yes. And he invented this case for airline deregulation.
Right. So, OK, I think you're not alone in feeling, as I said, irrationally angry at the state of airline travel because of this. But to make this make sense for anyone under 40, can you first describe what airline travel looked like before deregulation?
Right. So, OK, I think you're not alone in feeling, as I said, irrationally angry at the state of airline travel because of this. But to make this make sense for anyone under 40, can you first describe what airline travel looked like before deregulation?
Right. So, OK, I think you're not alone in feeling, as I said, irrationally angry at the state of airline travel because of this. But to make this make sense for anyone under 40, can you first describe what airline travel looked like before deregulation?
But that price fixing, like the fixing of the price, though, I mean, it was also very expensive to fly, right?
But that price fixing, like the fixing of the price, though, I mean, it was also very expensive to fly, right?
But that price fixing, like the fixing of the price, though, I mean, it was also very expensive to fly, right?