Build by I Squared Capital founder and NYU Development Research
Institute senior fellow Sadek Wahba
explains how American infrastructure collapsed and what can be done
to repair it.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- America's infrastructure—its essential roads,
bridges, ports, airports, power grids, and telecommunications
systems—was once the pride of the nation and an example to the
world. But now, after years of neglect, this infrastructure is
crumbling and causing catastrophic changes in the US quality of
life. Build by I Squared Capital founder and NYU Development
Research Institute senior fellow Sadek
Wahba explains how American infrastructure collapsed and
what can be done to repair it.
"In Build, Sadek
Wahba makes a compelling case for greater private sector
involvement in America's infrastructure investment. This book is
essential reading for anyone who cares about our long-term success
in the 21st century and beyond." —President Bill Clinton
In a series of colorful, rarely told cases, Build takes readers
on a revealing tour behind the scenes of the successes and debacles
of key infrastructure projects to show what works; why the United States has failed in recent decades
to invest in infrastructure; and how the private sector can help
revitalize the sector, spur job growth, and contribute to climate
resilience. Wahba examines the private origins of US infrastructure
and the federally funded mega-projects that came after the New
Deal, investigating the role the private sector can and should play
in building infrastructure. By drawing comparisons with the
United Kingdom, France, India, and China, Wahba shows that while privatization
and public-private partnerships cannot solve all infrastructure
challenges, they are essential for closing funding gaps, overcoming
political paralysis, and driving major infrastructure advances.
Build is for anyone interested in learning about how we can meet
the challenges of the twenty first century. Wahba argues that we
need to break out of the cycle of short-term, stop-gap solutions
that have characterized the approach to solving this problem in
recent years, and instead come up with a plan to maintain and grow
American infrastructure in a permanent and sustainable way.
Incisive and compellingly presented, this book offers the way
forward.
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