Infrastructure and Jobs

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
In his economic address yesterday, President Obama highlighted three areas in which his administration will focus on job creation, one of which was infrastructure development. Michael Lind, policy director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation, discusses the national implications of the plan, and Petra Todorovich, Director of America 2050, a national urban planning initiative of the Regional Plan Association, discusses what the plan could mean for the New York area.

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