03102nam 22007214a 450 991080764600332120200520144314.01-57675-948-297866122989431-282-29894-1(CKB)1000000000721522(EBL)407832(OCoLC)309145370(SSID)ssj0000101307(PQKBManifestationID)11124526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101307(PQKBWorkID)10042404(PQKB)10951923(WaSeSS)IndRDA00019649(Au-PeEL)EBL407832(CaPaEBR)ebr10315491(CaONFJC)MIL229894(CaSebORM)9781576759486(MiAaPQ)EBC407832(OCoLC)776150631(OCoLC)ocn776150631 (EXLCZ)99100000000072152220051207d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAll together now common sense for a fair economy /Jared Bernstein1st ed.San Francisco Berrett-Koehlerc20061 online resource (169 p.)0Description based upon print version of record.1-57675-387-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorAs 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 the0CapitalismUnited StatesIndividualismUnited StatesEconomic securityUnited StatesSocial justiceUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic policy2001-2009United StatesSocial policy1993-CapitalismIndividualismEconomic securitySocial justice330.973Bernstein Jared143825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807646003321All together now4019707UNINA