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Trump's infrastructure plan rests on some rickety assumptions

  • Written by Caroline Nowacki, PhD Candidate, Global Projects Center, Stanford University
The new plan is supposed to boost the construction of new roads, bridges and other public works projects.AP Photo/Seth Perlman

Experts greeted the long-awaited details of President Donald Trump’s promise to unleash a US$1.5 trillion wave of new infrastructure spending with skepticism.

There’s widespread concern about whether his plan can...

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