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Infrastructure Investment: Critical to America's Growth and Competitiveness Bernard L. Schwartz The current jobs and infrastructure deficits in America are among the most profound dilemmas our country has faced in decades. As of the end of March 2011, almost 14 million workers are unemployed and an additional 14 million are underemployed or have simply given up looking for jobs. On the infrastructure front, we have dangerously outmoded roads, bridges and rail systems; an antiquated air traffic control system; vulnerable water and wastewater systems; an embarrassingly low world ranking in broadband penetration; an inadequate electric grid; and, aging ports susceptible to security breaches. As a nation, we have fallen far behind in our infrastructure investments and we have yet to find the solution to joblessness. In fact, the most immediate and promising source of jobs and growth today is America’s pent-up demand for infrastructure investment. Launching a major infrastructure investment program has been recognized by the Administration, proposed legislation, economists and academics as the best way to tackle these two pressing issues. Articles, interviews and conference transcripts on this website explore the beneficial connection between the launch of such a program and job creation. On August 4, 2010, Bernard Schwartz appeared on the Charlie Rose show to discuss the economy, infrastructure and his jobs plan.
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April 2, 2011: New York Issues Conference of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Remarks by Bernard Schwartz 
March 16, 2011: Center on Law & Public Finance: Reinvesting In America Feature - An Interview with Bernard Schwartz
March 15, 2011 U.S. Chamber, AFL-CIO Urge Infrastructure Bank
February 9, 2011 The American Interest: Bank On It - A Conversation With Bernard Schwartz
January 24, 2011 DeLauro, Colleagues Introduce Job-Creating National Infrastructure Development Bank Act
January 5, 2011 Financial Times: Now Obama Needs to Talk Up America - by Bernard Schwartz and David Rothkopf
August 2010 Bernard Schwartz, in partnership with the New America Foundation, Calls for $1.2 Trillion Multi-Year Jobs and Infrastructure Program
June 10, 2008 Redressing America's Public Infrastructure Deficit
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