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RE: Why America Can’t Build Anymore

in Economics2 months ago (edited)

Projects like the Empire State Building were constructed by people with a motive to actually finish the job. Even the WPA projects had a sense of urgency. Now, the "revitalization" Trump wants to encourage is less a market phenomenon than central planning with a veneer of privatization. There will be grifters at every stage of production.