A new Boston Consulting report on #infrastructure costs has found that while UK build costs for infrastructure are around the same as the US, they are well above comparable projects in #Europe (but interestingly less expensive than #Australia).
Is there something about the #business model (or type of #capitalism) in these three countries that makes such project more expensive than in Europe?
Three terms come to mind:
#financialisation
#rentiercapitalism, &
#neoliberalism (not a term I like)
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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