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Updating America's Social Contract

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Description for Updating America's Social Contract Paperback. Commissioned by the American Assembly with the Brookings Institution and the Urban League as a background paper for a meeting at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, June, 1999. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). Num Pages: 190 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
In recent years American's political system has not performed as well as its economic system. While the strong economy of the past decade should provide policy makers with the opportunity to move forward on long-term social and economic goals, they seem stuck in the mindset of short-term fixes and shrill oratory common to leaner times. Focusing on three issues--productivity growth, income inequality and the aging of the baby-boom generation--this concise volume describes a "radically moderate" agenda that captures or political moment. The distinguished authors begin by acknowledging the difficult tradeoffs required for revamping programs for the aged and poor while ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393975796
SKU
V9780393975796
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