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The real state of the Union : from the best minds in America, bold solutions to the problems politicians dare not address / [edited by] Ted Halstead.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New America book
- New America books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- Resulting from a collaboration between "The Atlantic Monthly" magazine and the New America Foundation, "The Real State of the Union" features 18 original essays on the most important facets of national well-being.
- Contents:
- The state of the Union moment / James Fallows
- The American paradox / Ted Halstead
- Are we still a middle-class nation? / Michael Lind
- One-dimensional growth / David Friedman
- Spendthrift nation / Michael Calabrese and Maya MacGuineas
- America's "Suez moment" / Sherle R. Schwenninger
- Radical tax reform / Maya MacGuineas
- Up in the air / Michael Calabrese and J.H. Snider
- Taking stock / Jonathan Rauch
- The fuel subsidy we need / Ricardo Bayon
- The insecure family / Jacob S. Hacker
- The parent trap / Karen Kornbluh
- The $6,000 solution / Ray Boshara
- The black gender gap / Katherine Boo
- A grand compromise / James P. Pinkerton
- A new deal for teachers / Matthew Miller
- The tuition crunch / Jennifer Washburn
- The overtreated American / Shannon Brownlee
- Insurance required / Laurie Rubiner
- Aging productively / Phillip J. Longman
- The new continental divide / Michael Lind
- Mongrel America / Gregory Rodriguez
- Alienated Muslims / Geneive Abdo
- The angry American / Paul Starobin
- Suspicious minds / Jedediah Purdy
- Overflowing jails / Margaret Talbot
- Beyond dominance / Sherle R. Schwenninger
- Opportunity missed / Michael Lind
- The population implosion / Phillip J. Longman
- Democracy in the Islamic world / Noah Feldman
- Nation-building 101 / Francis Fukuyama
- Dysfunctional duopoly / Ted Halstead.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0465050522
- OCLC:
- 54022452
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