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The Public Option / Sitaraman, Ganesh.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Sitaraman, Ganesh, author.
- Alstott, Anne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public administration--United States.
- Public administration.
- Government ownership--United States.
- Government ownership.
- Government property--United States.
- Government property.
- Public interest--United States.
- Public interest.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, 2019.
- Tantor Media, Inc., 2019.
- System Details:
- audio file
- Summary:
- Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public options-yet they are seldom celebrated as such. These government-supported opportunities coexist peaceably alongside private options, ensuring equal access and expanding opportunity for all. Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott challenge decades of received wisdom about the proper role of government and consider the vast improvements that could come from the expansion of public options. Far from illustrating the impossibility of effective government services, as their critics claim, public options hold the potential to transform American civic life, offering a wealth of solutions to seemingly intractable problems, from housing shortages to the escalating cost of health care. From broadband internet to higher education, The Public Option reveals smart new ways to meet pressing public needs while spurring healthy competition. More effective than vouchers or tax credits, public options could offer us all fairer choices and greater security.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Christopher Grove.
- Notes:
- Unabridged.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9781515938125
- 1515938123
- OCLC:
- 1290489606
- Publisher Number:
- 9781515938125
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