If you've got the cash, the tangible stuff is relatively straightforward; lay down key infrastructure like power plants, water supply, gas, highways, seaports, airports, police, fire, hospitals, etc.
Government is supposed to be the force that speaks for and protects the interests of the people, empowers people through education and rules, set conditions to keep wages high, lay down the infrastructure in which businesses thrive, and coordinates the international competition for industries and jobs.
(Then again, Netflix didn't have to pay to lay down the broadband infrastructure in the first place. You could say it's merely piggy-backing off the work of others).
"A large number of educated professionals left the country during the Duvalier regimes, and the period that followed was so unstable, it was hard to lay down roots and build infrastructure".
Emerging markets are driving global growth, and 3.5 billion people are moving to cities. That's $20 trillion of infrastructure to lay down.
"My grand objective is to lay down the foundation of the whole infrastructure" for building everything that goes into a car, he said in a rare interview at the company's headquarters here.
In finance, as well as infrastructure, China likes to lay down the tracks, platforms and ticket barriers before the throngs arrive.
The United States was one of the first countries to lay down internet infrastructure, so now it will be the oldest.
