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Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering

  • Written by Erika M Bsumek, Associate Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageIn 1872, John Gast painted 'American Progress,' showing trains and roads spreading across the American West.John Gast, Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons

The effort by Democrats and Republicans in Congress to find agreement over a federal infrastructure spending bill has hinged on a number of factors, including what...

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