187. RETHINKING INFRASTRUCTURE: the case for social investment
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Hello! President Biden sparked a major debate when he described spending on social care and childcare as an investment in infrastructure. We’re exploring why the question of what counts as ‘infrastructure’ really matters. US policy expert Julie Kashen talks us through the US infrastructure debate then Professor Sue Himmelweit from the Women’s Budget Group explains why it could have far-reaching implications around the world.
Plus author Eileen Jones tells us about her new book ‘How Parkrun Changed Our Lives’ and the unconventional way she launched it…
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| 0:00.0 | This is a reason to be cheerful with Edmila Band and Jeff Lloyd. |
| 0:12.3 | Well, howdy partner. |
| 0:13.8 | Howdy partner. |
| 0:15.4 | You'd make a great cowboy, you know. |
| 0:17.1 | Hmm, I was a big Dallas fan as a child, so maybe that's more accurate than you know. |
| 0:22.1 | You've never actually rustled castle, though. |
| 0:25.3 | It's now the time to disclose my part time cowboy past. |
| 0:31.2 | No, it's not really me. |
| 0:33.0 | You can't really see me, can you? |
| 0:34.6 | How do you fare on horseback? |
| 0:36.6 | No, I don't know. |
| 0:39.5 | I mean, no way. |
| 0:40.6 | Don't you think? |
| 0:41.5 | I mean, it's hard enough to ride a bike. |
| 0:42.9 | I mean, you know, like, you know, a live animal. |
| 0:46.2 | I mean, I just think, I really, that's not for me. |
| 0:49.4 | Not me either, not me. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm very rigid on a horse. |
| 0:53.9 | So we wouldn't have been good on Dallas. |
| 0:55.7 | I could have been possibly some kind of cliff bands character. |
| 0:59.8 | I was quite related to cliff bands. |
| 1:01.3 | He was the lovable loser. |
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