Items tagged ‘Next-Social-Contract’
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Beyond the Low Wage Social Contract
The issue of low wages has moved to the center of American public debate recently, thanks to protests against the low pay of fast food workers, the... -
Getting Better
Why Global Development Is Succeeding — And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Charles KennyAs the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe ... -
Taxing the Poor
Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged
Katherine S Newman Rourke O'BrienThis book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to incom... -
How Oppressive Can A Nudge Be?
Alan Wolfe Argues that Behavioral Economics is the Real Threat to Liberalism
Probably the most distinctive innovation in the Obama Administration's brand of liberalism is its interest in behavioral economics and the power of... -
The Next Progressive Era
A Blueprint for Broad Prosperity
Phillip Longman Ray BosharaThe Next Progressive Era provides a blueprint for a re-empowered progressive movement and describes its implications for American families, work, h... -
A Family-Based Social Contract
David Gray Phillip LongmanAmericans instinctively revere the family as an institution that helps facilitate all other aspects of life. The family fosters attachments across ... -
Grand New Party
How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
Reihan Salam Ross Douthat (Atlantic Monthly)Grand New Party lays bare the failures of the conservative revolution and presents a detailed blueprint for building the next Republican majority. ... -
The Stress of Balancing Work and Family
The Impact on Parent and Child Health and the Need for Workplace Flexibility
David Gray Kelleen KayeAmerican families confront major challenges in balancing work and family life. Workers report that they would prefer fewer hours, while new technol...