Learning from the World [electronic resource] : New Ideas to Redevelop America /
Colombano, Joe.editor.
Shah, Aniket.editor.
In this far-ranging and provocative volume, Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah provide global perspectives on the most significant challenges facing modern America, seeking to inspire new ideas to redevelop America.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: A New Approach to Redevelop America; Part I Macroeconomic Challenges; 2 Global Financial Integration, China, and the Role of America; 3 A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and Other Advanced Countries; 4 Breaking through on Job Creation; 5 Taming Deficits: Automatic Debt Brakes and Participatory Democracy in Switzerland; Part II Institutional Framework and Policy Tools
6 The German Labor Market in the Great Recession: Lessons for Other Countries7 A New Housing Finance System for the US? Lessons from the Danish Model; 8 For a National Investment Bank; Part III Infrastructure, Innovation, and Competitiveness; 9 Boosting Export Growth: Lessons from Korea; 10 Smart Cities, Smart US: International Models; 11 Brazil: An Emerging Economic Power Committed to Sustainability; Part IV Social Policies; 12 Health for America: European Arguments for a Paradigm Shift; 13 Closing the Health Gap: Lessons from Africa
14 National Education Policy and Programs:Insights from Finland15 For a Human Rights Approach to Health and Housing: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands; 16 What has Caused America's Economic Inequality and What Does it Mean for America's Future?; Part V Policy and Values; 17 The Listening State; 18 The Economic Opportunity of Improving Peace in the United States; 19 Individual Freedom in a Gandhian Perspective; 20 Dialog on the Destinies of Nations; Conclusion; 21 The America We Want; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this far-ranging and provocative volume, Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah provide global perspectives on the most significant challenges facing modern America, seeking to inspire new ideas to redevelop America.
Public policy.
International economics.
Development economics.
Regional economics.
America-History.
Political economy.
Public Policy.
International Economics.
Development Economics.
Regional/Spatial Science.
History of the Americas.
International Political Economy.