American federalism today : perspectives on political and economic governance / edited by Michael J. Boskin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, organizer.

Boskin, Michael J., editor.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 737.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 737

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--United States--Congresses.

Federal government.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations--United States--Congresses.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations.

United States--Politics and government--Congresses.

United States.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 440 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2024]

Summary:

"Expert scholars and practitioners examine the relationship between the US federal and state and local governments, in political theory and in practice, applied to current social, economic, and fiscal issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Federalism principles and perspectives. Why states rather than a single consolidated nation? : the framers' view / Michael W. McConnell

Public attitudes toward federalism and the scope of national power / Morris P. Fiorina and Alice Yiqian Wang

The phases and faces of federalism / David M. Kennedy

Part 2. The current state of federalism. The budgetary impact of the abandonment of federalism / John F. Cogan

COVID federalism / David Brady, Jacob Jaffe, and Douglas Rivers

Recession and ratchets : federal funds and public-sector employment / Jonathan Rodden

Part 3. Federalism in key areas of policy. Some evolving issues in K-12 education / Eric A. Hanushek

Infrastructure in a federal system / Michael J. Boskin and Valentin Bolotnyy

Federalist system of healthcare financing in America / Thomas MaCurdy and Jay Bhattacharya

When are state liabilities federal liabilities? : social insurance and federalism / Joshua Rauh and Jillian Ludwig

Is the United States still a competitive federal system? / Paul E. Peterson and Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón

Monetary aspects of, and implications for, federalism / John B. Taylor

Part 4. Practitioners' perspectives. Governor Mitch Daniels / introduced by Paul E. Peterson

Governor Jeb Bush / introduced by Condoleezza Rice

Governor Jerry Brown / introduced by Michael J. Boskin.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held by the Hoover Institution in September 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: American federalism today

ISBN:

9780817926359

0817926356

OCLC:

1434034518

Publisher Number:

90101353089