# Professor Ingo Walter highlights the importance of infrastructure investment

1 Faculty News July 17, 2017 ![Deutsche Welle logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/deutschewelle.jpg?itok=CxaopTC3)>

Excerpt from [Deutsche Welle](http://www.dw.com/en/decaying-infrastructure-taking-a-toll-on-america/a-39715851) -- "'Everyone wants the benefits of good infrastructure and nobody wants to pay, so things are allowed to deteriorate,' says [Ingo Walter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/ingo-walter), Professor Emeritus of Finance at New York University, 'Transportation is the lynchpin. Fixing our roads, bridges, tunnels and transportation hubs are a must and will have the biggest impact.'"

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