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Why Trump's infrastructure ambitions are likely to stall

  • Written by Caroline Nowacki, PhD Candidate, Global Projects Center, Stanford University
The White House favors public-private partnerships for widening congested roads and getting other pricey projects done.AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

President Donald Trump recently raised the ante with his promise to unleash a wave of new infrastructure spending. During his first State of Union address, he conjured up images of “gleaming new...

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