Givernment can Move Mountains... For a Price

Government promises to save you money. Somehow, it usually finds another way to collect it. On this episode of Plausibly Live, Dave looks at the curious art of government cost engineering: California politicians and their cars, property-tax “relief,” and why the enormous cost of the death penalty may tell us as much about government as it does about capital punishment. Then we head to North Korea, where Kim Jong Un managed something even government accountants haven't pulled off yet: he made the mountain move. Taxes, nukes, unintended consequences, and why Dave still refuses to read your email.