The real state of the Union
Subtitle: from the best minds in America, bold solutions to the problems politicians dare not address
By: [edited by] Ted Halstead.
Contributors: Halstead, Ted.
Series: A new America book; A new America book; New America book
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The state of the Union moment / James Fallows; title: The American paradox / Ted Halstead; title: Broadening the middle class; title: Are we still a middle-class nation? / Michael Lind; title: One-dimensional growth / David Friedman; title: Spendthrift nation / Michael Calabrese and Maya MacGuineas; title: America's "Suez moment" / Sherle R.Schwenninger; title: Radical tax reform / Maya MacGuineas; title: Up in the air / Michael Calabrese and J.H. Snider; title: Taking stock / Jonathan Rauch; title: The fuel subsidy we need / Ricardo Bayon; title: The insecure family / Jacob S. Hacker; title: The parent trap / Karen Kornbluh; title: The $6,000 solution / Ray Boshara; title: The black gender gap / Katherine Boo; title: A grand compromise / James P. Pinkerton; title: A new deal for teachers / Matthew Miller; title: The tuition crunch / Jennifer Washburn; title: The overtreated American / Shannon Brownlee; title: Insurance required / Laurie Rubiner; title: Aging productively / Phillip J. Longman; title: The new continental divide / Michael Lind; title: Mongrel America / Gregory Rodriguez; title: Alienated muslims / Geneive Abdo; title: The angry American / Paul Starobin; title: Suspicious minds / Jedediah Purdy; title: Overflowing jails / Margaret Talbot; title: Beyond dominance / Sherle R. Schwenninger; title: Opportunity missed / Michael Lind; title: The population implosion / Phillip J. Longman; title: Democracy in the Islamic world / Noah Feldman; title: Nation-building 101 / Francis Fukuyama; title: Disfunctional duopoly / Ted Halstead.