David Mongan, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, talks about why infrastructure matters and how we got to where we are in the United States in terms of our infrastructure.

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What will the next president do to deal with crumbling infrastructure? Douglas Holz-Eakin, senior policy adviser to Senator John McCain, and Stephen Flynn, senior fellow in national security studies for the Council on Foreign Relations and unpaid adviser to Senator Barack Obama, discus their candidates' plans.

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the possibility of free public wi-fi.

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Bob Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association, talks about how America measures up to other countries in terms of infrastructure and what it needs to do to be on the cutting edge in the future. Also in the conversation, Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum London and editor of The Endless City.