The public option : how to expand freedom, increase opportunity, and promote equality /

Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life, from public schools to museums, are public options--yet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Sitaraman, Ganesh (Autor), Alstott, Anne, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Public administration > United States.
Government ownership > United States.
Government property > United States.
Public interest > United States.
Administration publique (Science) > États-Unis.
Nationalisations > États-Unis.
Intérêt public > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
Economic policy
Government ownership
Government property
Politics and government
Public administration
Public interest
United States > Politics and government.
United States > Economic policy.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Politique économique.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding the public option. The limits of private action
  • Why public options?
  • The theory of the public option
  • Caveats and counterarguments
  • The history of the public option. Public libraries, Social Security, and other successes
  • Mixed results in education and housing
  • The public option and public policy. Retirement
  • Higher education
  • Banking
  • Child care
  • Health care
  • And more.

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