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The Economics For And Against Trump's Infrastructure Plan
Resume![Truck and automobile traffic mix on Interstate 5, headed north through Fife, Wash., in August 2016. (Ted S. Warren/AP)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1128_highway.jpg)
One area where Democrats are hoping to work together with President-elect Donald Trump is infrastructure.
Before he was elected, the Trump team put out a proposal for infrastructure that would include public-private partnerships and tax credits for companies to invest in roads, bridges and more.
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with University of Minnesota professor David Levinson (@trnsprtst) about the economic arguments for and against such a plan, and why infrastructure shouldn't be thought of as a jobs program. Levinson is also author of the book "The End of Traffic," and writes the Transportist blog.
This segment aired on November 28, 2016.