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Anti-growth housing policy may have seriously damaged the US economy for...
In a dynamic economy, finance, ideas, people, and other resources flow to their most productive use. It’s an economy of constant disruption and change. Companies rise and fall, begin and end. Workers...
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Driverless cars are as much an infrastructure challenge as a tech one -...
Building autonomous vehicles is a daunting engineering challenge. But so is preparing the roadways on which they will operate. It’s the latter you don’t hear much about, certainly versus the daily...
View ArticleThe right way to run a railroad - transportation infrastructure - aei
Infrastructure is rising to the top of President Donald Trump’s agenda. He reportedly wants to put tax credits for infrastructure investment in a tax-reform bill Congress is expected to produce this...
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Rebuild our defenses for the information age - transportation infrastructure...
Editor’s note: The next president is in for a rough welcome to the Oval Office given the list of immediate crises and slow-burning policy challenges, both foreign and domestic. What should Washington...
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More than a few mistakes on infrastructure
A December 2016 Wall Street Journal piece entitled “Trump’s Infrastructure Mistake” by Alan Blinder and Alan Krueger contains several disconcerting omissions. Messrs. Blinder and Krueger criticize...
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Getting public-private partnerships right
Michael Boskin in “All Aboard the Infrastructure Boondoggle” in The Wall Street Journal worries that, if Congress passes the large added infrastructure package advocated by both presidential...
View ArticleWhat policymakers should know before fixing America’s infrastructure
With a $275 billion plan to be implemented over a five year period, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has already promised to make infrastructure investment a major focus of her first 100 days in...
View ArticlePrivate Participation in US Infrastructure: The Role of PPP Units
Key Points The United States suffers from an array of endemic infrastructure problems. When properly executed, public-private partnerships (PPPs) can help address those problems. The United States lags...
View ArticleBuilding a 21st-century transportation system: Federal, state, and private roles
America’s transportation network faces numerous problems. The American Society of Civil Engineers consistently assigns US infrastructure low grades. With revenue from federal fossil-fuel taxes...
View ArticleThis is the math for spending $2 trillion on US infrastructure
From economist Larry Summers: For the foreseeable future, there is no danger that the United States will overinvest in infrastructure. An increase in infrastructure investment of 1 percent of gross...
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A few charts on the state of America’s infrastructure
Given low interest rates and the need, I can certainly understand the case for a boost in public infrastructure spending. But as these White House charts show, talk of an infrastructure “crisis” seems...
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What technology do tech entrepreneurs think is underhyped?
Business Insider Business Insider produced the above chart based on a poll of 500 founders from NYC VC firm, First Round Capital. Maybe driverless cars (and trucks) are still underhyped because the...
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What’s the future of pricey bullet train projects in a world of driverless...
The Wall Street Journal reports that the “U.S. government has approved the first federal funds for an ambitious plan to tap Japanese technology for a high-speed train project that could carry...
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Fixing America’s ‘crumbling infrastructure’
The 405 freeway is viewed from above in Carson, California August 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake. In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Richard Geddes presents a set of principles to guide policy...
View ArticleLinks and Quotations for September 10, 2015: Mindfulness creates false...
Might want to pause to read the latest research before you sign up for that Mindfulness Seminar. That and more major developments here. Jamaican Government Steals Years Of Public Domain Works From Its...
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US infrastructure may be underrated, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t use an...
McKinsey Global Institute is out with a big report on infrastructure. I think what you can conclude about the state of things in the US is that while our infrastructure could use a big upgrade —...
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Is the era of big infrastructure over? (Bullet train buffs, do not read!)
One issue where the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates seem to agree is the need for improved US infrastructure. And many economists think that the combination of need and cheap...
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Not a dime more for Metro — yet
Paul Kupiec is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Ryan Nabil is a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.Metro officials have been quick to capitalize on the...
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America’s transportation challenges: Proposals for reform
Abstract:Politicians and civil engineers alike often refer to America’s immense surface transportation system as “our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.” Major segments of the system are in need of...
View ArticleMaking Amtrak compete would benefit all
The recent Amtrak derailment outside of Philadelphia, which killed eight people and injured over 200, is a somber reminder that quick action by Congress is necessary to prevent another passenger rail...
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