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'Railroaded'

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In his new book, Stanford history professor Richard White writes that some of the tycoons that built the transcontinental railroad system were corrupt, caused economic and environmental ruin and abused government subsidies. White joins us to discuss his book, “Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America.”

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