Voters’ negative perceptions about the economy are weighing on President Biden’s poll numbers. Here’s what his economic policies have, and haven’t, accomplished.
Category: Infrastructure (Public Works)
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How Your Child’s School Bus Might Prevent Blackouts
When not driving around, electric buses and other vehicles could help utilities by storing their solar and wind energy and releasing it to meet surges in demand.
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China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble
Instead of lending money for highways and bridges, China has shifted to providing emergency rescues for previous borrowers.
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Biden Announces New Investments in Passenger Rail Projects
President Biden, a longtime Amtrak rider, exhibited a business-as-usual approach in announcing $16.4 billion in awards for rail projects, despite polls showing him trailing Donald Trump.
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India Is Splurging on Planes and Airports. Here’s Why.
While most Indians travel by road or rail, the country is engaged in a major expansion of its aviation industry to serve the needs of its middle class.
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Biden to Travel to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments
The president’s push to focus attention on the domestic economy comes as his administration has been dealing with events overseas after the terrorist attacks in Israel.
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China’s Economy Grew More Than Expected Over the Summer
The government spent heavily on infrastructure, state-owned banks financed a boom in factory construction and consumers spent more, but the housing sector stumbled.
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What is China’s Belt and Road Initiative and How Is It Changing?
Xi Jinping enhanced China’s sway in the world by lending money for infrastructure. Now he’s collecting debts and rethinking his signature aid initiative.
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How Nepal’s Deal With China for an Airport Became an Albatross
China called the project a “signature” of its cooperation with Nepal. Insiders and documents reveal the pitfalls of China’s infrastructure-at-any-cost model.
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State and Local Governments Have Billions in Pandemic Aid Left to Spend
Two years after the federal government approved $350 billion in emergency funding for states and localities to respond to the public health crisis, much of the funds have not been used.
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Tom Conway, Steelworkers President and Biden Ally, Dies at 71
A tough but pragmatic negotiator, he led his union through decades of tumult, then helped drive through the president’s infrastructure plans.