Global Strategic Finance Initiative

Financing America’s Infrastructure: Putting Global Capital to Work

by Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker

The most recent policy paper by Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker explains how the United States can utilize global capital and financial instruments to fund critical infrastructure projects at home. The Global Strategic Finance Initiative leads the field of policy responses to the growing questions about how to approach ever-expanding pools of capital around the globe - especially those controlled by governments. In this most recent policy paper, Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker outline mechanisms to channel these pools to the United States for public investment financing. To read the policy paper, click here.

The Global Strategic Finance Initiative, which is sponsored jointly by the Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program, addresses the fast changing relationship between global capital flows, financial markets, foreign policy and national security. The Initiative seeks to propose both overall strategies and specific steps to ensure that the US uses all the tools at its disposal to maximize power and influence. This is a new era where other nations are increasingly using financial tools, in addition to traditional diplomacy, trade and military power, to further their interests. It is imperative that the US do the same.

The Global Strategic Finance Initiative is co-directed by Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker.

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