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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2026 · 46 MIN

How the government wastes your time

from Think from KERA · host KERA

Have you ever stopped to consider just how much time you spend participating in government bureaucracy? Annie Lowrey is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and she joins us to talk about just how much the government makes us work for the services it provides and how those systems could become more efficient. Her book is “The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time―and How to Fix It.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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