IN PERSON: Building infrastructure has provoked deep differences in the U.S. Hamilton and Jefferson's arguments over infrastructure echo loudly in U.S. politics today. We discuss why infrastructure continues to score poorly and examine how the obstacles of age, use, the role of government, money and implementation inhibit its performance. We review trends and public response to infrastructure issues. In an era of changing technology, we face a crisis of infrastructure for the 21st century. Our competition with China, history's best infrastructure builder since Rome, is between “a country of engineers and a country of lawyers.” Failure to rebuild our national infrastructure could result in our global capacity being sharply diminished. The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of infrastructure’s role in our history, and how different perceptions have shaped a key element of our politics. It focuses on reasons for failing to move forward and gaining an understanding of future options. | Lecture + Q&A.
Max enrollment: 35.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
