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Sinking Parties… and Piers

The American Mind

CHAPTER

Challenges and Inefficiencies in US Infrastructure Projects

Exploring the failures and cost overruns in infrastructure projects like bullet train tracks and unstable piers, the chapter highlights the lack of tangible results from allocated funds, inefficiencies in green energy initiatives, and coordination challenges in the fragmented political landscape.

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