Investment in America’s Infrastructure

Washington, DC -- President-elect Barack Obama has called for an ambitious program of public investment in infrastructure, including but not limited to short-term stimulus spending. Proposals for rebuilding America have received broad bipartisan support.

Steve Coll, President and CEO of the New America Foundation, explains the benefits of infrastructure investment in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2008/12/why-infrastruct.html

Michael Lind, Director of the American Infrastructure Initiative at the New America Foundation, explains how private capital can fund transportation, communications and energy projects in Salon: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/09/obama_bonds/index.html

For more information or to speak to our experts, please contact Kate Brown at Brown@newamerica.net. The following New America Foundation analysts are available to discuss infrastructure investment:

Michael Lind, Director, American Infrastructure Initiative
http://www.newamerica.net/people/michael_lind

Sherle Schwenninger, Director, Economic Growth Program
http://www.newamerica.net/people/sherle_r_schwenninger

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Co-Director, Global Strategic Finance Initiative
http://www.newamerica.net/people/heidi_crebo_rediker

Douglas Rediker, Co-Director, Global Strategic Finance Initiative
http://www.newamerica.net/people/douglas_rediker

American Infrastructure Initiative
http://www.newamerica.net/programs/economic_growth/infrastructure

Economic growth, global competitiveness and middle-class prosperity in America all depend on a national infrastructure that is state-of-the-art, energy efficient, environmentally sound and secure. The American Infrastructure Initiative, co-sponsored by the Economic Growth Program and the Next Social Contract Initiative and directed by Whitehead Senior Fellow Michael Lind, provides informed commentary about America's infrastructure needs and analyzes specific proposals for financing and building the next American infrastructure.

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Learn More About: Douglas Rediker, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Michael Lind, Sherle R. Schwenninger, Steve Coll
Related Programs: American Infrastructure Initiative, Economic Growth Program, Global Strategic Finance Initiative, Trade Adjustment Assistance Coalition
Topics: Economic Growth, Public Infrastructure