DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY! IT'S FREE! Inframanage.com is happy to publish the three-part eBook series on "Infrastructure Asset Management - Myths, Realities, and Money" These eBooks were crafted based on the topics that Ross Waugh discussed in his lecture video of his keynote presentation at the July 2016 International Deighton User Conference in Canada. The list below outlines … [Read more...]
3 More Reasons USA and Canada Are Not Becoming a Third World Country
Ross presents three more reasons to prove that the belief that the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country is a societal myth. 1. Prosperity Index is high Legatum, an organization that has a prosperity index. And they ranked by categories of economy, entrepreneurship, and opportunity, governance (where New Zealand is 2nd), education (Australia was 1st), health (the USA was 1st) … [Read more...]
5 Signs USA and Canada Are Far From Becoming a Third World Country
Talking about societal myths, Ross continues to present facts to dispell the myth that the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country. Yes, the USA and Canada are not becoming a Third World country based on the following reasons: 1. USA and Canada are top world economies Click to view larger image version If we look at the G7, this is the global seven largest economies and this … [Read more...]
Why It’s a Myth that the USA is Becoming a Third World Country
So the societal myths in terms of the North American context. As you hear it on the internet and you hear it from politicians, from people discussing things, the US and Canada, they’re going down into the gurgler, they’re going into a plug hole. And other people might express the opinion that it’s just a long decline from now onwards in the USA and Canada. Or perhaps the businesses are … [Read more...]
Recession Ends and Growth Follows – The New Zealand Experience
In the previous post "Societal Myths and the Impact on Infrastructure", Ross talked about how outdated facts are amplified on news and media and how these influence public and political decision making. In this post, Ross presents the New Zealand experience to illustrate that recession ends contrary to the common perception that recession feels like never-ending. In North America, in Europe, … [Read more...]
Societal Myths and the Impact on Infrastructure
Hi, it's Ross Waugh here from inframanage.com and today I’m just bringing you a video of a presentation I made back in early July 2016 at the International Deighton User Conference in Toronto, Canada. I went up to that conference because of the relationship between Deighton and IDS here in New Zealand, which if you’d look at the IDS videos on the site, you’ll know about the depth of that … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management – Myths, Realities, and Money (Video)
Are you confident about what you believe on the status of your country's national situation, particularly on economic and infrastructure issues? Ross Waugh produced the video, "Infrastructure Asset Management - Myths, Realities, and Money" to explain the following: Societal Myths and Impact on InfrastructureRealities of long-term infrastructure managementAvailability of Money and the … [Read more...]