infrastructure – The Poet Economist

March 22, 2018July 28, 2018

Structural Distortions show Need for Sustainable Investments

The data sovereignty deficit, structural inequality, stock volatility & need for green investment, are connected. In February, when crashing stocks became the correction foreshadowed in the article “Income Inequality puts Everything We Value at Risk”, I listed three macro-critical factors — drivers of value that shape the overall size, scope and direction of the macro-economy … Continue reading Structural Distortions show Need for Sustainable Investments

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

Infrastructure must Meet Real Human Needs

The United States requires major infrastructure investment. Economic recovery will be unsustainable without a major new commitment to build for a highly mobile innovation-driven middle class renewal. The nation’s engineers have outlined in great detail the trillions of dollars required to update, upgrade, and catch up on serious maintenance deficits. One of the worst economy-wide … Continue reading Infrastructure must Meet Real Human Needs

July 19, 2011February 12, 2018

Why We Should Have a National Infrastructure Bank

There are competing theories about what makes for good economic stimulus, and there are practices that work well and which don’t work very well. We know that tax cuts are not very stimulative, because they take a long time to show up in people’s bank accounts, and they are comprised of money that was already … Continue reading Why We Should Have a National Infrastructure Bank