All Together Now

Common Sense for a Fair Economy

Jared Bernstein

154 pages, parution le 01/05/2006

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Résumé

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. It's a failed approach that favors the wealthy few while eroding living standards and increasing insecurity for the rest of us.

All Together Now offers 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.

L'auteur - Jared Bernstein

Jared Bernstein is a senior economist and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. He is the coauthor of the last seven editions of The State of Working America as well as The Benefits of Full Employment: When Markets Work for People. He writes a regular column for the American Prospect online, and his op-eds have appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ready or Not, You're on Your Own
Risk Shifting, from Coolidge to Katrina
The Economist behind the Curtain
The "All Together Now" Plan
How to Talk to a YOYO
Conclusion: It Takes a Movement
Appendix: Do YOYO Policies Yield Better Economic Outcomes?
Index
About the Author

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Berrett-Koehler
Auteur(s)	Jared Bernstein
Parution	01/05/2006
Nb. de pages	154
Format	14 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	238g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781576753873
ISBN13	978-1-57675-387-3