--- --- # Carpooling Matters by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 16, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 16, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**How much does carpooling matter? A lot.**](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/how-much-does-carpooling-matter-a-lot/) By Melissa C. Lott at _Scientific American_ **2\.** [**Kids can learn racism early. Here’s one way to make sure they don’t.**](http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/News/2017/Teaching%5Fkids%5Fto%5Fidentify%5Findividual%5Fblack%5Fpeople%5Fcan%5Freduce%5Fracial%5Fbias.html) By Lindsey Craig at the _Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto_ **3\.** [**We’re moving toward a cashless world. What happens when the power goes out?**](https://mises.org/blog/cashless-world-youd-better-pray-power-never-goes-out) By Ryan McMaken at the _Mises Institute_ **4\.** [**Here’s a tax reform plan that will actually help the middle class.**](http://fortune.com/2017/10/12/congress-tax-reform-middle-class/?iid=sr-link1) By Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse in _Fortune_ **5\.** [**How architecture can help tackle the obesity epidemic.**](http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/can-your-home-make-you-healthier-if-its-designed-right/80401) By Addison Nugent in _Ozy_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best: Carpooling Matters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4983747/carpooling-matters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4983747/carpooling-matters/"},"headline":"Carpooling Matters","datePublished":"2017-10-16T16:00:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:24.203Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4983747/carpooling-matters/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Racism","Obesity","Tax Reform"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4983747/carpooling-matters/","name":"Carpooling Matters"}}]}] ```