Bhaskar Chakravorti participates in Technonomy's Health and Wealth of America webinar series, analyzing President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan.
When asked to comment on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, Bhaskar Chakravorti says “It’s both too ambitious, and not ambitious enough.”
Chakravorti states that not only does the U.S. have to modernize its existing infrastructure, but it also has to break down the systemic racism and economic inequality that is ingrained into American society. He shares key findings from Digital Planet research, which finds that half of the country doesn’t use the internet at broadband speeds because they can’t afford it, and children’s education is suffering as a result. Chakravorti also described that counties with large Black populations, like those in Tennessee, where most people don’t have broadband yet government communications regarding vaccine availability were made entirely online.
Watch day 3 of Techonomy’s “Health and Wealth of America” webinar series below for more information:
