All Together Now
Common Sense for a Fair Economy
As the new century unfolds, Americans face prodigious economic and social challenges, yet nothing unifies the various strategies and causes that attempt to meet these challenges. Economist Jared Bernstein believes that frames such as "the ownership society"...
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As the new century unfolds, Americans face prodigious economic and social challenges, yet nothing unifies the various strategies and causes that attempt to meet these challenges. Economist Jared Bernstein believes that frames such as "the ownership society" stress an ever-shrinking role for government and an ever-increasing risk for individuals, clearly implying "You're on your own." Arguing that this shift toward extreme individualism needlessly reduces the country's economic security and the living standards of most families, he describes the political and economic forces that pushed the country away from collective action and exposes the significant societal costs associated with the shift. Most importantly, he presents a new vision, one that applauds individual liberties while emphasizing that such freedoms are best realized with a collectivist approach to public policy. A timely alternative to a go-it-alone society, "All Together Now shows readers how to tap their "better selves" to meet the coming challenges as one.
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So said American patriot Tom Paine. He, like the other Founders, saw this country as a unique opportunity to build a society that valued the wellbeing of all of its people over the interests of the few.In the past 230 years, we ve lost sight of Paine s vision. Our government has adopted a YOYO (you re-on-your-own) response in the face of even the most pressing national problems diminished job security, the rising number of Americans without health coverage, stagnant incomes, decaying public schools, and more. Here s a tax cut and a private account, they tell us, now go fend for yourself.
It hasn t worked. The YOYO strategy has proven to be incapable of addressing the economic challenges that confront us and has instead led to a massive upward shift in wealth and opportunity favoring the few and deteriorating living standards and increasing insecurity for the rest of us.
All Together Now details an alternative WITT (we re-in-this-together) strategy for solving our most daunting problems. Detailing practical, collaborative responses to globalization, health care, employment, and other areas that could improve the lives of millions of Americans without increasing national spending, All Together Now shows that the challenges we face can be solved. Together, we can wield the tools of government to build a more just and equitable society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „All Together Now “
Acknowledgments Introduction: Ready or Not, You re on Your Own
chapter one: Risk Shifting, from Coolidge to Katrina
chapter two: The Economist behind the Curtain
chapter three: The All Together Now Plan
chapter four: How to Talk to a YOYO
conclusion: It Takes a Movement
appendix
Do YOYO Policies Yield Better Economic Outcomes?
Index
About the Author
Autoren-Porträt von Jared Bernstein
Jared Bernstein is senior fellow and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. His areas of research include income and wage inequality, technologys impact on wages and employment, low-wage labour markets and poverty, minimum wage analysis, and international comparisons. Between 1995 and 1996, he held the post of deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labour. He has published extensively in popular and academic journals, including The American Prospect and Research in Economics and Statistics, and is the co-author of seven editions of The State of Working America. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Columbia University and lives in Washington, DC.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jared Bernstein
- 168 Seiten, Maße: 14,1 x 21,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Deutsch
- Verlag: Pub Group West
- ISBN-10: 1576753875
- ISBN-13: 9781576753873
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