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LEADER: 02897cam a22003254a 4500
001 2003028163
003 DLC
005 20080505125500.0
008 031231s2004 nyua 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003028163
020 $a0465050522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHN59.2$b.R433 2004
082 00 $a306/.0973$222
245 04 $aThe real state of the Union :$bfrom the best minds in America, bold solutions to the problems politicians dare not address /$c[edited by] Ted Halstead.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2004.
300 $axiii, 287 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aNew America books
504 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe state of the Union moment / James Fallows -- The American paradox / Ted Halstead -- Broadening the middle class -- Are we still a middle-class nation? / Michael Lind -- One-dimensional growth / David Friedman -- Spendthrift nation / Michael Calabrese and Maya MacGuineas -- Americas "Suez moment" / Sherle R. Schwenninger -- Rethinking taxes and governance -- Radical tax reform / Maya MacGuineas -- Up in the air / Michael Calabrese and J.H. Snider -- Taking stock / Jonathan Rauch -- The fuel subsidy we need / Ricardo Bayon -- Helping American families -- The insecure family / Jacob S. Hacker -- The parent trap / Karen Kornbluh -- The $6,000 solution / Ray Boshara -- The black gender gap / Katherine Boo -- Reinventing education -- A grand compromise / James P. Pinkerton -- A new deal for teachers / Matthew Miller -- The tuition crunch / Jennifer Washburn -- A new health care paradigm -- The overtreated American / Shannon Brownlee -- Insurance required / Laurie Rubiner -- Aging productively / Phillip F. Longman -- America's changing demographic landscape -- The new continental divide / Michael Lind -- Mongrel America / Gregory Rodriguez -- Alienated muslims / Geneive Abdo -- Testing our civic health -- The angry American / Paul Starobin -- Suspicious minds / Jedediah Purdy -- Overflowing jails / Margaret Talbot -- America and the world -- Beyond dominance / Sherle R. Schwenninger -- Opportunity missed / Michael Lind -- The population implosion / Phillip F. Longman -- Democracy in the Islamic world / Noah Feldman -- Nation building 101 / Francis Fukuyama -- Conclusion -- Dysfunctional duopoly / Ted Halstead.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y2001-
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-
700 1 $aHalstead, Ted.
830 0 $aNew America book.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003028163.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003028163-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003028163-d.html