The Private Sector Can Improve Infrastructure with Privatization not a Bank
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleThe notion of an “infrastructure bank” seems to be gathering steam among the cognoscenti as an effective way to put our long-term economic...
View ArticleFour Tenets to Less Government Spending
We have been writing for the last two months about the simple proposition that government can in fact work much better, faster and cheaper. Despite varying opinions about the appropriate size of...
View ArticleFederally-Funded Infrastructure Is Costly and Inefficient
Teaser: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's call for more publicly-funded infrastructure fails to acknowledge that infrastructure funding, when directed by government, goes to costly projects...
View ArticleCancel the Purple Line
Teaser: The Maryland Purple light-rail line that is proposed between Bethesda and New Carrollton will be slow, it will increase congestion, and it will use more energy than all of the few cars it takes...
View ArticleCongress, America Doesn't Need More Highway Spending
Teaser: Raising the federal gasoline tax or using corporate tax revenues will not solve our highway congestion problems.Congested highways are a fact of life in most cities. Politicians in Washington...
View ArticleNew Report: Beyond Repair? America’s Infrastructure Crisis Is Local
Teaser: While conditions and policy responses will vary by place, localities would do well to consider adopting the following eight policies.To access the full report, click here.America’s...
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