Reviving the American dream : the economy, the states & the federal government /
The American dream is fading: for nearly two decades, the economy has been performing below par, the quality of life has deteriorated, and the government has not confronted the public problems that concern citizens most. In this provocative book, Alice Rivlin offers a straightforward, nontechnical l...
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution
©1992.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497122 |
Obsah:
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. The Dream, the Reality, and Some Solutions
- A Time for Rethinking
- Three Personal Biases
- The Growing Consensus on Economic Policy
- The Case for Rethinking Federalism
- Proposals for the Future
- 2. Federal Policy Goes Global
- New Dimensions of National Security
- America Faces Up to Globalization
- Implications for the Job of Governing
- 3. Long-Term Goals for the Economy
- Getting Beyond the Short Run
- Defining a Successful Economy
- 4. Good News and Disappointment
- The Good News Years
- The Disappointing Years
- 5. What Went Wrong and What to Do about It
- The Productivity Mystery
- The Mystery of Rising Inequality
- The Saving Mystery
- The Medical Cost Mystery
- The National Dilemma
- 6. The Evolution of American Federalism
- Changing Views of Federalism
- Small Government and Dual Federalism
- Two Reasons for Federal Growth
- Building National Institutions
- Influencing and Reforming the States
- The States Rise to the Challenge
- Mandates
- Whither Federalism?
- 7. Rethinking Federalism
- Three Scenarios
- The Rationale for ""Dividing the Job
- Two Previous Attempts to Sort Out Responsibilities
- How ""Dividing the Job"" Differs
- 8. Paying for Stronger States
- Where the Money Comes From
- State and Local Fiscal Stress
- Unequal State Resources
- Interstate Competition
- Casualties of Go-It-Alone Taxation
- Common Shared Taxes: A New Approach
- Making the Decisions
- The German Approach to Fiscal Federalism
- The Politics of Common Shared Taxes
- 9. Social Insurance: A Federal Priority
- The Case for Social Insurance
- Reforming Health Insurance
- Strengthening Social Security
- 10. Federalism Faces New Challenges
- The Economic Challenge
- The Institutional Challenge
- Improving the Policy Process
- Recommended Readings
- Index
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