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Brookings big ideas for America /

What are the biggest issues facing the country as Donald Trump and the GOP-led 115th Congress take office? Any new administration faces a myriad of issues and problems it must take on as it ascends to power. In this volume, Brookings scholars and others offer their solutions, from Ben Bernanke and R...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Hanlon, Michael E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Strobe Talbott
  • An agenda for America / Michael E. O'Hanlon
  • part I. The Pulse of America
  • 1. Are Americans better off than they were a decade or two ago? / Ben S. Bernanke and Peter Olson
  • 2. Unhappiness in America : desperation in white towns, resilience and diversity in the cities / Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto
  • 3. Time for justice : tackling race inequalities in health and housing / Dayna Bowen Matthew, Richard V. Reeves, and Edward Rodrigue
  • 4. Health policy issues and the 2016 presidential election / Robert B. Reischauer and Alice M. Rivlin
  • 5. A government wide reform agenda for the next administration / Elaine C. Kamarck
  • part II. Growing the Economy
  • 6. Recommendations for federal budget policy / Douglas W. Elmendorf
  • 7. The most important non-issue in the 2016 campaign / Ron Haskins
  • 8. Infrastructure issues and options for the Trump Administration / William A. Galston and Robert J. Puentes
  • 9. Short- and long-term strategies to renews American infrastructure / Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane
  • 10. Productivity and the Trump Administration / David Wessel
  • 11. Major tax issues in 2017 / William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin
  • 12. The future of U.S,.-China economic relations / David Dollar
  • 13. The case for trade and the trans-Pacific Partnership / Mireya Solis
  • 14. Maximizing the local economic impact of federal R&D / Scott Andes
  • 15. Why cities and metros must lead in Trump's America / Bruce Katz
  • 16. Climate change and the next administration / Nate Hultman
  • 17. Energy and climate : moving beyond sumbolism / David G. Victor
  • 18. Creating opportunity for the forgotten Americans / Isabel Sawhill
  • 19. Making U.S. development fit for the 21st century / George Ingram
  • 20. Securing the future of driverless cars / Darrell M. West
  • part III. Security at Home and Abroad
  • 21. America's awesome military / Michael E. O'Hanlon and David H. Petraeus
  • 22. Countering violent extremism in America / Robert L. McKenzie
  • 23. Criminal justice reform / William A. Galston
  • 24. Lawful hacking and the case for a strategic approach to going dark / Susan Hennessey
  • To preserve an important U.S. intelligence tool, Trump needs to set a different tone / Benjamin Wittes
  • part IV. Foreign Challenges and Opportunities
  • 26. America's role in a turbulent world / Bruce Jones
  • 27. The twilight of the liberal world order / Robert Kagan
  • 28. You've got a friend in me : why U.S. alliances make America safer / Richard Bush
  • 29. U.S. leadership in global education : the time is now / Rebecca Winthrop
  • 30. U.S.-Mexican relations : after the election's vitriol, ways to strengthen a multifaceted partnership / Vanda Felbab-Brown
  • 31. Dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea : rising danger, narrowing options, hard choices / Evans J. R. Revere
  • 32. President Trump's options for Israeli-Palestinian deal making / Martin Indyk
  • 33. Iraq and a policy proposal for the next administration / Kenneth M. Pollack
  • 34. Deconstruction Syria : a confederal approach / Michael E. O'Hanlon
  • 35.Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis / Jessica Brandt and Robert L. McKenzie
  • 36. Dealing with a simmering Ukraine-Russia conflict / Fiona Hill and Steven Pifer
  • 37. Nuclear arms control choices and U.S.-Russia relations / Steven Pifer
  • 38. Forging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan / Vanda Felbab-Brown and orhers