marginalrevolution.com - 12/9/2008
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The first thing people think about when someone says "infrastructure" is roads and bridges. That's unfortunate because we already spend over $100 billion a year on transportation infrastructure and the truth is we don't need that much more. Peter Orzag,...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/4/2008
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com —
We hear a lot about infrastructure investment today:
roads and bridges, mostly. But we live in an...
information society and an information economy. We need investment in information infrastructure, and that, in the near term that is relevant for a ...
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Two (radical?) thoughts on infrastructure
WWW.samefacts.com - 12/16/2008
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WWW.samefacts.com —
Barack Obama is in favour of a smart
electricity grid. So is the US Congress and George...
Bush's Energy Department. So is the EU. There must be a catch, surely. If a smart grid were an everybody-wins Pareto pizza, why isn't it there already? There are ...
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Dumb user meets smart grid
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Infrastructure Thoughts
The American Scene —
... Let a thousand flowers bloom! Actually, we can be a little more focused than that, as Alex Tabarrok suggests. Tabarrok name-checks my current favorite Democrat, Peter Orszag. ...
Talking About Infrastructure Improvements
The Glittering Eye —
... Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution posts on a subject near and dear to my heart: smart grids. He’s got a handy primer and bibliography. IMO that’s what we need to investment in. Forget the tennis centers and dog parks. ...
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