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With the UK government reportedly considering scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line, you might be wondering whether Britain is worse at building major infrastructure projects than other countries.
To find out, we鈥檝e done some digging of our own with the help of Prof Bent Flyvbjerg, co-author of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration.
He tells presenter Tim Harford that while big schemes aren't more costly in the UK than other countries generally, there's a simple reason why HS2 is shaping up to be unusually expensive.
And he shares his golden rules for keeping projects on track.