Learning from the world : new ideas to redevelop America / edited by Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colombano, Joe E., editor.

Shah, Aniket, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Economic policy.

Social policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Social policy.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

United States.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

1 Introduction: A New Approach to Redevelop America / Joe Colombano Colombano, Joe, Aniket Shah Shah, Aniket 1

Part I Macroeconomic Challenges

2 Global Financial Integration, China, and the Role of America / Ning Zhu Zhu, Ning 15

3 A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and Other Advanced Countries / Jeffrey Frankel Frankel, Jeffrey 26

4 Breaking through on Job Creation / Bill Drayton Drayton, Bill 51

5 Taming Deficits: Automatic Debt Brakes and Participatory Democracy in Switzerland / Thomas Held Held, Thomas, Simon Ingold Ingold, Simon 54

Part II Institutional Framework and Policy Tools

6 The German Labor Market in the Great Recession: Lessons for Other Countries / Felix Hüfner Hüfner, Felix, Andreas Wörgötter Wörgötter, Andreas, Caroline Klein Klein, Caroline 69

7 A New Housing Finance System for the US? Lessons from the Danish Model / Morten Baekmand Nielsen Nielsen, Morten Baekmand, Jesper Berg Berg, Jesper 89

8 For a National Investment Bank / Robert Skidelsky Skidelsky, Robert, Felix Martin Martin, Felix 106

Part III Infrastructure, Innovation, and Competitiveness

9 Boosting Export Growth: Lessons from Korea / Abraham Kim Kim, Abraham, Whitney Haring-Smith Haring-Smith, Whitney 117

10 Smart Cities, Smart US: International Models / Nashid Nabian Nabian, Nashid 130

11 Brazil: An Emerging Economic Power Committed to Sustainability / Emma Torres Torres, Emma, Sergio Besserman Vianna Vianna, Sergio Besserman, Kevin Currey Currey, Kevin 142

Part IV Social Policies

12 Health for America: European Arguments for a Paradigm Shift / B. Serdar Savas Savas, B. Serdar, Tomris Cesuroglu Cesuroglu, Tomris 167

13 Closing the Health Gap: Lessons from Africa / Prabhjot Singh Singh, Prabhjot 185

14 National Education Policy and Programs: Insights from Finland / Timo Lankinen Lankinen, Timo, Kristiina Kampulainen Kampulainen, Kristiina 198

15 For a Human Rights Approach to Health and Housing: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands / Mila Rosenthal Rosenthal, Mila 215

16 What has Caused America's Economic Inequality and What Does it Mean for America's Future? / Zachary Michaelson Michaelson, Zachary 227

Part V Policy and Values

17 The Listening State / Christian Madsbjerg Madsbjerg, Christian 243

18 The Economic Opportunity of Improving Peace in the United States / Steve Killelea Killelea, Steve, Camilla Schippa Schippa, Camilla 254

19 Individual Freedom in a Gandhian Perspective / Sudarshan Iyengar Iyengar, Sudarshan 267

20 Dialog on the Destinies of Nations / Karma Ura Ura, Karma 277

Conclusion

21 The America We Want / Joe Colombano Colombano, Joe, Aniket Shah Shah, Aniket 291.

Notes:

Includes biographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137372123

1137372125

OCLC:

856053410