LEADER 02974nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910780747403321 005 20231219175640.0 010 $a1-282-30045-8 010 $a9786612300455 010 $a1-60994-461-5 035 $a(CKB)2470000000001460 035 $a(EBL)479238 035 $a(OCoLC)609854594 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000350932 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272982 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000350932 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10361037 035 $a(PQKB)11715055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL479238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315382 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230045 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781605092782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC479238 035 $a(EXLCZ)992470000000001460 100 $a20090604d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThinking big$b[electronic resource] $eprogressive ideas for a new era /$fThe Progressive Ideas Network ; James Lardner and Nathaniel Loewentheil, editors ; foreword by Robert Kuttner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler Publishers$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (120 p.) 225 1 $aBK currents book 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-60509-279-7 311 $a1-60509-278-9 327 $aContents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: LOOKING AHEAD; 1. Building Shared Prosperity; 2. Investing in Our Future; Part 2: REALIZING OUR VALUES; 3. Capturing Democracy's Surge; 4. Upholding Community Values; 5. Rejoining the World; Part 3: TAKING ACTION; 6. From Financial Crisis to Opportunity; 7. Health Care for America; 8. An Inclusive Green Economy; 9. The Promise of Opportunity; 10. A Strengthened Middle Class; Index; About the Editors; About the Progressive Ideas Network 330 $aTimes are changing. Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for-to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding new confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital. The essays in this volume draw on that new store of capital to sketch the outlines of a progressive agenda for 21st-century America.Authors such as Van Jones, Dean Baker, Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Miles Rapoport cover a wide array of topics and, in their policy recommendation 410 0$aBK currents book. 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics) 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics) 676 $a320.51 676 $a320.51/30973 676 $a320.5130973 701 $aLardner$b James$01549483 701 $aLoewentheil$b Nathaniel$01549484 712 02$aProgressive Ideas Network. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780747403321 996 $aThinking big$93807585 997 $aUNINA