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Fleecing the USA Again: Non-Performance-Based P3 Banker Fees

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, p3s, Chicago Parking, Investment Banks, World War Two, Bridges, Public-Private Partnerships, Tarp Banks, Power, Public Works, City of Chicago, Water, Roads, Privatization, Levies, Bonuses, People of Chicago, Skyway, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.

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P3s: Let's Not Party Like It's 1929

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: p3s, New Deal, Railroads, Larry Summers, Granger Movement, Railroad Strikes of 1877, Bailout, Barack Obama, Fdr, Aig, Tennessee Valley Authority Dam Breaks, Money Trust, Robber Barons, Us Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Public-Private Partnerships, Abraham Lincoln, Homer Plessy, TARP Trust, Brotherhood of Sleepign Car Porters, A. Philip Randolph, Business News
Michael Likosky

We must take the public interest more seriously when we talk about P3s.

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Finally, a Craigslist for Government Assets

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Public Assets, Credit Ratings, Infrastructure, Government Accountability, p3s, Dog Shelters, Bridges, Public-Private Partnerships, Roads, Privatization, Blue Chip Law Firms, Allen--Overy, Financial Crisis, Craigslist, Municipal Debt, Business News
Michael Likosky

If you're looking for a good deal on public assets, Allen & Overy LLP, a leading international law firm, has a product for you.

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Ed Rendell: Hardest Working Man in Infrastructure

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gilded Age Railroads, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, p3s, National Infrastructure Bank, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Building America's Future, Meet the Press, National Governors Association, Council on Competitiveness, American Society of Civil Engineers, Stephen Goldsmith, Rachel Maddow Show, Public Works, Howard Dean, Clean Energy Bank, Governor Ed Rendell, Public-Private Partnership, NGA Strengthening Our Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future Initiative, European Investment Bank, Mckenna Long & Aldridge, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Governor Rendell has been a tireless advocate of an infrastructure-driven recovery within the NGA and also as co-leader of Building America's Future.

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Obama's Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Citi, Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, p3s, Public-Private Partnerships, Bailouts, George W. Bush, President Obama, Shock and Awe, Public Works, Infrastructure, Morgan Stanley, Tax Incentives, General Motors, Janesville-Wisconsin, Rustbelt, Michigan, Iraq War, Privatization, Goldman, Economic Stimulus, Tarp, Tax Havens, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.

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Can P3s Boost the Stimulus?

Michael Likosky | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Press Conference, Cabinet, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, p3s, Barack Obama, Transportation, Ray Lahood, Business News
Michael Likosky

The foundation of our economic stimulus is a public- private-partnership. What should this partnership look like? How should benefits and burdens, risks and rewards be distributed?

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Reinvesting in America

Michael Likosky | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Ppp, McCain Economy, Economy, Private-Public Partnerships, Partnerships, Obama Economy, Recession, Bloomberg Ppp, p3s, Business News
Michael Likosky

Our economic recovery depends upon not only rehabilitating our national infrastructure, but also on large scale investment in state-of-the-art new projects.

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