The Mirage of Megaprojects: Why the West Keeps Getting Infrastructure Wrong

Ad: 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/BOYLE and use code BOYLE for 20% off 🙌🏻 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Britain once built world-class infrastructure with speed and purpose—now it plans ideas like a £24 billion extension cords to Morocco that are unlikely to ever work. This video dives into the rise and fall of the Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project, exploring how overcomplication, bespoke design, and regulatory gridlock have turned modern megaprojects into cautionary tales. From fish discos at Hinkley Point C to 31,000-page environmental assessments, we ask: have we forgotten how to build? And what can we learn from countries like Ireland in the 1920s—or South Korea today—about getting big things done? Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel Patreon:   / patrickboyleonfinance   Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickb... Visit our website: https://www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.... Business Inquiries ➡️ [email protected] ‪@TheDavidMcWilliams‬ link:    • Why Do Good People Make Bad Decisions?   ‪@commonsenseskeptic‬ link:    • DEBUNKING SOLAR MEGAPROJECT   Patrick Boyle On Finance Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uhrWlD... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/62862nve Join this channel to support making this content:    / @pboyle