“There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.” CountrySpiritualLevelsNumbersStepsEconomicOur CountryInfrastructure Author:Carol Moseley Braun
“Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.” WorldUsedLevelsUnitedBehindsEconomicSpendingFallenFinestLowestSpainInfrastructureForumsPortugalIcelandEmirates Author:Ray LaHood
“Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure.” PeopleIdeasGrowthEconomicTheoryApproachEconomicsImportanceStressInvestmentPostsRootedInfrastructureMacro Author:Gordon Brown
“We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.” ThinkingNeedsLongGrowthTermEconomicProduceFoundationStrategyInvestmentBridgesLong TermInfrastructureStrategicStimulants Author:Roger McNamee
“When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure, by linking the Internet economically, by making it easier for these online businesses to exist, it'll make the web better.” IdeasCountryEconomicInternetEasierHarmOnlineProvidingInfrastructureStripes Author:John Collison
“The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.” WayWholeGovernmentCoursesNaturalAirEconomicPolicyDevelopmentInfrastructureEconomic SystemsAir TravelGovernment Policy Author:Noam Chomsky