What institutions and policies are most conducive to human flourishing?
1. INTRODUCTION
What do we want in a good society?
PART 1. WHAT WE WANT IN A GOOD SOCIETY
2. COMMUNITY
Neighborhoods and neighborliness
3. DEMOCRACY
Voters, groups, parties, and elections
4. ECONOMIC EQUALITY
5. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
6. ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
7. ECONOMIC SECURITY
A decent and rising income floor
8. EDUCATION
K-12 education
9. EMPLOYMENT
10. ENVIRONMENT
11. FAMILY
12. FINANCE
13. FREEDOM
14. GOOD GOVERNMENT
Good government
Public insurance and the least well-off
How much public insurance do Americans want?
Is big government bad for the economy?
Is big government bad for freedom, civil society, and happiness?
15. HAPPINESS
16. HEALTH
Pain
17. HOUSING
Homeownership
18. INCLUSION
Recognition and respect
Disabled
Latinos
Asian Americans
Native Americans
19. KNOWLEDGE
Information
Truth
20. OPENNESS AND SUPPORT FOR OTHER PEOPLES
21. ORDER
22. PRIVACY
Privacy
23. SAFETY
PART 2. HOW TO GET GOOD-SOCIETY OUTCOMES
24. AFFLUENCE
25. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM
Will the Nordic model work in non-Nordic countries?
How to ensure rising incomes when labor unions are weak
26. BEYOND SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM?
27. CITIES
The advantages of urban
PART 3. A BETTER AMERICA
28. PROSPECTS FOR THE UNITED STATES
America is exceptional and ordinary, good and bad, better and worse
Toward the good society: an American path
APPENDIX A: BOOKS ON THE GOOD SOCIETY
Would Democratic Socialism Be Better?, 2022
Social Democratic Capitalism, 2020
Social Democratic America, 2014
Progress for the Poor, 2011
Jobs with Equality, 2008
APPENDIX B: ADDITIONAL DATA
A decent and rising income floor: additional data
Climate stability: additional data
College education: additional data
Employee voice: additional data
Good government: additional data
Income distribution: additional data
K-12 education: additional data
Personal freedom: additional data
Shared prosperity: additional data