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Glenn Hubbard: The Antidote to the Wall is the Bridge

Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

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The Wall Is Just Trying to Stop the Transition

The wall is just trying to stop the transition. The bridge might be to use public resources to facilitate the transformation and bring them along with the higher level of prosperity. Lincoln, in the middle of the civil war, believed that we needed to jump start opportunity. Franklin roosevelt had a similar insight with a g i bill. Smith himself saw that and the wealth of nations when he talked about the importance of intrstructure and public goods and education.

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