ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly “Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl” economic update podcast. In Episode 36 (5:37 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the current infrastructure situation in the United States and where things stand on this subject in Washington.

• Why has this topic become a political hot potato?
• How bad is the current U.S. infrastructure? American Society of Civil Engineers can tell you.
• Are entities such as airports and ports in play here?
• Why transportation companies are telling trucks to avoid certain areas?
• Where does dial-up internet play into this?
• Why infrastructure problems are like falling dominos.
• Dr. Kuehl’s prediction on this moving forward.