2023-07-17

UNITED STATES - Journalist Daan Ballegeer explores in the United States, the birthplace of the automobile, how that means of transportation has influenced our lives.

Episode 1: Racing and race, a course of discrimination.
Episode 2: The Hummer, an energy eater in a time that begs for economy.
Episode 3: Driving is freedom, but not for everyone.
Episode 4: Mass production delivered prosperity, de-industrialization takes it away.

© Desiré van den Berg

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Daan Ballegeer

Daan Ballegeer (1982) studied economic sciences at Ghent University and journalism. He worked as a financial journalist for Flemish financial daily De Tijd for several years and now writes for various Belgian and Dutch newspapers and magazines. Ons Europa is niet dat van hen ('Our Europe is different from theirs') is his first book.

Supported
€7.550 allocated on 21/12/2017.
ID
FPD/2017/1456

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