What institutions and policies are most conducive to human flourishing?
1. INTRODUCTION
America is exceptional and ordinary, good and bad, better and worse
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
Clean air, water, and land
11. FAMILY
12. FREEDOM
13. GOOD GOVERNMENT
Good government
14. HAPPINESS
15. HEALTH
16. HOUSING
Homeownership
17. INCLUSION
Recognition and respect
Disabled
Latinos
Asian Americans
Native Americans
18. KNOWLEDGE
Information
Truth
19. LAW AND ORDER
Law and order
20. PRIVACY
Privacy
21. SAFETY
PART 2. HOW TO GET GOOD-SOCIETY OUTCOMES
22. CITIES
The advantage of urban
23. NATIONS
Social democratic capitalism
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?
24. ABOVE, ACROSS, AND BETWEEN NATIONS
Why nations?
World government?
APPENDIXES
A decent and rising income floor: additional data
College education: additional data
Good government: additional data
Income distribution: additional data
Personal freedom: additional data