Shared responsibility, shared risk : government, markets and social policy in the twenty-first century /

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The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the resulting 'Great Recession' merely accelerated an already worrisome trend: the shift away from an employer-based social welfare system in the United States. Since the end of World War II, a substantial percentage of the costs of social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hacker, Jacob S., O'Leary, Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Since 1993
Economic security > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
Sécurité économique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economic policy.
Economic security.
Public welfare.
Social policy.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
United States > Economic policy > 2009-
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1993-
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Inspirations and Challenges for Shared Responsibility, Shared Risk: 1. Sharing risk and responsibility in a new economic era / Jacob S. Hacker; 2, A brief history of risk management policy / David A. Moss; 3. The American challenge in cross-national perspective / Neil Gilbert; 4. "The Arms of Democracy": economic security in the nation's Broader National Security Agenda / Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Connor Raso
  • Part II. Improving Economic Security for Workers: 5. The role of government in ensuring employment security ad job security / Heather Boushey; 6. Income security when temporarily away from work / Stephen D. Sugarman
  • Part III. Improving Economic Security for Families: 7. Public policy options to build wealth for America's middle class / Christian E. Weller and Amy Helburn; 8. Risk allocation in home ownership: revisiting the role of mortgage contract terms / Katherine Porter and Tara Twomey; 9. Risk sharing when work and family clash: the need for government and employer innovation / Ann O'Leary
  • Part IV. Increasing Health and Retirement Security: 10. Health care reform 2.0: fulfilling the promise of the Affordable Care Act / Jacob S. Hacker; 11. Bigger and better: redesigning our retirement system in the wake of the financial collapse / Alicia H. Munnell; 12. Government's role in aging and long-term care / Andrew E. Scharlach and Amanda J. Lehning
  • Part V. Conclusions: 13. Seeing, bearing, and sharing risk: social policy challenges for our time / Martha Minow
  • Conclusion: America's next social contract: lessons from the past, prospects for the future / Jacob S. Hacker and Ann O'Leary.

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