03893nam 2200685Ia 450 991082405160332120240410153955.00-8157-9605-6(CKB)1000000000446787(EBL)3004427(OCoLC)55898018(SSID)ssj0000100279(PQKBManifestationID)11981401(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100279(PQKBWorkID)10020106(PQKB)10866961(MdBmJHUP)muse85486(Au-PeEL)EBL3004427(CaPaEBR)ebr10063906(MiAaPQ)EBC3004427(EXLCZ)99100000000044678720041017d2003 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgenda for the nation /Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay, and Pietro S. Nivola, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20031 online resource (585 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-0126-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The new terrorism / Steven Simon -- Rights, liberties, and security / Stuart Taylor -- Can the government be serious? / Pietro S. Nivola -- Reflections on the political context / James Q. Wilson.An agenda for the nation / Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay, and Pietro S. Nivola -- Sustaining U.S. economic growth / J. Bradford Delong, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence F. Katz -- American inequality and its consequences / Gary Burtless and Christopher Jencks -- Budget blues : the fiscal outlook and options for reform / Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, Peter R. Orszag, Samara R. Potter -- Health and medical care / Victor R. Fuchs and Alan M. Garber -- Private pensions : issues and options / William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag -- Changing faces : immigrants and diversity in the twenty-first century / James M. Lindsay and Audrey Singer -- Energy and environmental policy / Howard Gruenspecht and Paul P. Portney -- Power and cooperation : an American foreign policy for the age of global politics / Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay -- A global economic agenda for the United States / Lael Brainard and Robert Litan -- Military policy : getting the best bang for the bucks / Michael O'HanlonMore powerful and affluent today than ever, the United States has promising opportunities to influence the course of history. Yet these prospects are shadowed by significant perils and burdens. In this visionary book, leading scholars from the Brookings Institution and other prominent research organizations and universities analyze the major domestic and foreign policy problems facing the nation over the next five to ten years. The challenges on the domestic front are formidable: assuring fair but affordable access to health care, shoring up retirement income for an aging population, encouragiEconomic forecastingUnited StatesCultural pluralismUnited StatesTerrorismUnited StatesGlobalizationUnited StatesEconomic policy2001-2009United StatesEconomic conditions2001-2009United StatesPolitics and government2001-2009United StatesForeign economic relationsEconomic forecastingCultural pluralismTerrorismGlobalization.320/.6/0973Aaron Henry J113318Lindsay James M.1959-738149Nivola Pietro S1656732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824051603321Agenda for the nation4073911UNINA