Robert Moses
person on 9 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 47 times in 15 episodes since 2015
Founders 32 
the a16z Podcast 6 
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My First Million 1 
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Academic models of infrastructure planning naively ignore raw political power
“It's about population density, traffic patterns, elevation of grades, a very, like, academic way of looking, academic, and to my opinion, very naive way of looking at the world.”
Robert Caro shares a defining ruthlessness with LBJ and Robert Moses
“One trait I actually think Robert Caro shares with Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses is the ruthlessness that all three of them have and all three of them use to get what they actually want.”
Robert Moses used investigative dossiers to leak against opposing city officials
“This was a team of investigators who had compiled dossiers on other city officials, which Moses leaked to newspaper, newspapers, if an official opposed him.”
Foxx: Autocratic urban planning historically created socio-economic barriers in America
“You know, if you look at the history of how infrastructure has been built, and Robert Moses is a good example of this, the autocratic style that was prevalent at a certain part of our history resulted in essentially using infrastructure as a way of creating ba…”