Learning from the World: New Ideas to Redevelop America

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: A New Approach to Redevelop America....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Global Financial Integration, China, and the Role of America....Pages 15-25
A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and Other Advanced Countries1....Pages 26-50
Breaking through on Job Creation....Pages 51-53
Taming Deficits: Automatic Debt Brakes and Participatory Democracy in Switzerland....Pages 54-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The German Labor Market in the Great Recession: Lessons for Other Countries....Pages 69-88
A New Housing Finance System for the US? Lessons from the Danish Model....Pages 89-105
For a National Investment Bank1....Pages 106-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Boosting Export Growth: Lessons from Korea....Pages 117-129
Smart Cities, Smart US: International Models....Pages 130-141
Brazil: An Emerging Economic Power Committed to Sustainability....Pages 142-164
Front Matter....Pages 242-242
Health for America: European Arguments for a Paradigm Shift....Pages 167-184
Closing the Health Gap: Lessons from Africa....Pages 185-197
National Education Policy and Programs: Insights from Finland....Pages 198-214
For a Human Rights Approach to Health and Housing: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands....Pages 215-226
What has Caused America’s Economic Inequality and What Does it Mean for America’s Future?....Pages 227-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Listening State....Pages 243-253
The Economic Opportunity of Improving Peace in the United States....Pages 254-266
Individual Freedom in a Gandhian Perspective....Pages 267-276
Dialog on the Destinies of Nations....Pages 277-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
The America We Want....Pages 291-300
Back Matter....Pages 301-315