Rebuild America: Solving the Economic Crisis Through Civic Works

Public works is once again a part of the national dialogue. Today it is offered as a solution to the economic downturn and to the public infrastructure crisis. This timely book examines the reasons for the economic crisis facing Main Street, and connects them to why the nation has structurally deficient bridges, weak levees, poorly maintained dams, and dilapidated schools. The book goes on to analyze the history of American public works, with a focus on the New Deal, to understand the most effective way to organize a modern American Civic Works Project, as well as a civic works pilot project for the Gulf Coast. The book concludes with Howard Zinn and other leading scholars and thinkers weighing in on how an American Civic Works Project might solve our current crises.