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I’ve heard that infrastructure projects take a long time to get started. So the ideal time to launch an infrastructure bill might actually be during a strong ec

• dx034 9y ago
  If you have prepared plans, infrastructure is well suited because it can be started so quickly. Hiring can start immediately once the contract is signed, construction often starts only a few months later. But that assumes that all planning stages have been completed. Those take the longest (often several years) but are less costly. So preparing those would be worth it now, starting to actually hire people to build would however increase the risk of overheating the economy.
• simonh 9y ago
  During maybe if you time it right, but beginning at the start of an economic rally, so it's accelerating effects kicks in just in time to fan the flames at their height?