In introducing Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, some pundits explained that the actual cost would be nothing because of the “multiplying effect” on such programs – i.e., the programs would result in increasing the GDP by a factor of 4 to 5. That apparently has happened in the past. But will it happen again this time? Bill Bonner doubts it and, in this article, provides data that indicate it might have exactly the opposite effect.