Blueprint America: The Big Fix, with host David Brancaccio (NOW on PBS), includes a special one-on-one discussion between Brancaccio and Paul Krugman, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, to examine whether Washington’s recent announcements are a panacea for the economy, or potentially, just more bridges to nowhere.

The hour examines what policy makers and politicians in Washington, including incoming President-elect Barack Obama, mean when they say that rebuilding our crumbling highways and bridges, leaky water systems and other vital lifelines stimulates the economy and generates jobs. Will fixing our infrastructure save the economy? The Big Fix explores this very subject through a series of reports from NOW on PBS, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and New York Voices.