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Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering

June 29, 2021 by Erika Bsumek

The effort by Democrats and Republicans in Congress to find agreement over a federal infrastructure spending bill has hinged on a number of factors, including what “infrastructure” actually is – but the debate ignores a key historical fact.

Black and white photo of the Brooklyn Bridge shrouded in a white fog.

Bridge to Somewhere

April 30, 2015 by David Ochsner

Connecting STEM and the Humanities to Fix America’s Failing Infrastructure The next time you get behind the wheel, consider this: The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave our major urban highways a big, fat “D” on their infrastructure report card. A “D” on a report card usually means you’re getting grounded, and in a […]

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