4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Robert Moses chose the projects that received the funding being discussed.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“And the projects that this funding was going towards were the ones chosen by Moses. If the mayor had some different idea about what should be constructed, he'd have to draw up his own plans, which he didn't have the independent technical expertise to do so.”
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