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Want to fix America's infrastructure? Build in the places that need help the most

  • Written by Gregory Burge, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma
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Political debates over U.S. infrastructure spending are painfully incomplete. The discussion focuses almost exclusively on how much money should be spent, ignoring important questions about what projects are most needed and where those projects should be placed.

In the U.S., two-thirds of the population...

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