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More Slides from Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog http://dolanecon.blogspot.com/ A Policy Dilemma: Budget Deficit vs. Infrastructure Deficit Posted  February 13, 2011 Terms of Use:  These slides are made available under Creative Commons License  Attribution—Share Alike 3.0  . You are free to use these slides as a resource for your economics classes together with whatever textbook you are using. If you like the slides, you may also want to take a look at my textbook,  Introduction to Economics ,  from BVT Publishers.
Infrastructure and the Budget Debate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com Nimbus Dam on the American River in California Photo source: J. Smith  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nimbus_dam.jpg
What is Infrastructure? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com Roebling Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, OH, in service since 1866 Photo source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Roebling_Suspension_Bridge_Cincinnati.jpg
What is the Role of Government in Infrastructure? ,[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com
The Trend of Infrastructure Spending ,[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com
Two Deficits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Grading the Infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com *The full report card can be downloaded  from http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/
An Example of the Infrastructure Deficit: Dams ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com
Total 5-year Infrastructure Deficit: $2.2 Trillion Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com Source: ASCE, http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org /
Beware of Waste ,[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com US Army Corps of Engineers Road Project, 1862 Photo source http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corps_of_Engineers_-_corduroy_road.jpg
How to Avoid Waste? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com US Army Corps of Engineers Road Project, 1862 Photo source http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corps_of_Engineers_-_corduroy_road.jpg
The Bottom Line: Spend but Prioritize ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Posted Feb. 13, 2011 on Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog  http://dolanecon.blogspot.com

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A Policy Dilemma: Budget Deficit vs. Infrastructure Deficit

  • 1. More Slides from Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog http://dolanecon.blogspot.com/ A Policy Dilemma: Budget Deficit vs. Infrastructure Deficit Posted February 13, 2011 Terms of Use: These slides are made available under Creative Commons License Attribution—Share Alike 3.0 . You are free to use these slides as a resource for your economics classes together with whatever textbook you are using. If you like the slides, you may also want to take a look at my textbook, Introduction to Economics , from BVT Publishers.
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