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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454501103321

Autore

Bernstein Jared

Titolo

All together now [[electronic resource] ] : common sense for a fair economy / / Jared Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2006

ISBN

1-57675-948-2

9786612298943

1-282-29894-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

0

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Capitalism - United States

Individualism - United States

Economic security - United States

Social justice - United States

Electronic books.

United States Economic policy 2001-2009

United States Social policy 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Ready or Not, You're on Your Own; CHAPTER ONE: Risk Shifting, from Coolidge to Katrina; CHAPTER TWO: The Economist behind the Curtain; CHAPTER THREE: The "All Together Now" Plan; CHAPTER FOUR: How to Talk to a YOYO; CONCLUSION: It Takes a Movement; APPENDIX: Do YOYO Policies Yield Better Economic Outcomes?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

As the new century unfolds, Americans face prodigious economic and social challenges, yet nothing unifies the various strategies and causes that attempt to meet these challenges. Economist Jared Bernstein believes that frames such as ""the ownership society"" stress an ever-shrinking role for government and an ever-increasing risk for individuals, clearly implying ""You're on your own."" Arguing that this shift toward extreme individualism needlessly reduces the country's



economic security and the living standards of most families, he describes the political and economic forces that pushed the