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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/bzMTlBddJ-E" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Fix This: Infrastructure & Environment | Gregg Hurwitz and Rick Geddes | JBP Podcast S4: E64" /></p>This episode was recorded on November 9th, 2021.<br /><br />Jordan Peterson, Gregg Hurwitz, and Rick Geddes meet to discuss the debate surrounding the multi-billion dollar infrastructure bill currently going through the US congress.<br /><br />Rick Geddes is a professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University and a well-recognized expert in American infrastructure policy and development. He has done extensive research on infrastructure, including but not limited to the funding, financing, operation, and maintenance of major projects with a focus on new technologies.<br /><br />Gregg Hurwitz was today’s co-host. Gregg is a former student of Jordan’s at Harvard. He is now a bestselling scriptwriter, producer, and novelist. In the years leading up to the presidential election, Gregg has been working with an independent team of Hollywood writers, producers, and directors to design a moderate, far-reaching political message for the democratic party.<br /><br />Find more Rick Geddes online here:<br />https://aei.org/profile/r-richard-geddes<br /><br />Find More Gregg Hurwitz on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/GreggHurwitz<br /><br />Check out Gregg’s bestselling books:<br />https://amazon.com/Gregg-Hurwitz/e/B001IXPXTG<br /><br /><br />[00:30] Jordan introduces this week’s guests to discuss the newly-proposed infrastructure legislation (winter '21)—a crucial bill for the American people<br />[03:28] Geddes gives an overview of infrastructure and his background therein<br />[07:46] The monumental accomplishment of the US interstate highway system. Could it be built again today?<br />[11:10] “You've heard the adage that time is money. [That's] certainly the case with infrastructure. When a project gets delayed by the NEPA process for say 5 years, the amount of extra money spent... is enormous, it can sometimes double" Rick Geddes<br />[14:42] Gregg Hurwitz highlights the unsophisticated way the media and most politicians are currently handling the infrastructure bill<br />[16:02] “It seems like we can get very little sane discussion in the media on the role that regulation plays in building a renewing infrastructure" GH<br />[16:40] Extra delay and cost in federally funded projects is a regressive tax that hurts the poor and middle class<br />[22:02] Pressure on the infrastructure bill from climate change. Looking at the evolution of new technologies to improve the efficiency of current infrastructure<br />[25:49] “If infrastructure development means replacing inefficient use of resources with efficient use of resources, that should be a net gain on the economic side, so it helps poor people, and it should also have environmental benefits" Dr. Peterson<br />[26:07] What are our current top infrastructure priorities? What needs to be addressed and fixed ASAP?<br />[35:31] We need to capitalize more on the utility of combined public and private v<br />...<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzMTlBddJ-E |