What institutions and policies are conducive to human flourishing? A book of diagnoses and prescriptions for the United States and other affluent nations.
1. INTRODUCTION
America is exceptional … and ordinary
2. COMMUNITY
Social connections
Neighborliness
Trust
3. DEMOCRACY
4. ECONOMIC EQUALITY
5. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
6. ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
Economic growth
7. ECONOMIC SECURITY
A decent and rising income floor
8. ECONOMIC STABILITY
Stable output and employment
Stable prices
9. EDUCATION
K-12 education
10. EMPLOYMENT
Job mobility
Quality of work life
Balancing work, family, and leisure
11. ENVIRONMENT
Clean air, water, and land
12. FAMILY
13. FINANCE
An effective and stable financial system
14. FREEDOM
15. 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?
Good government
16. HAPPINESS
17. HEALTH
Mental health
18. HOUSING
Livable cities
Good neighborhoods
Homeownership
Housing the homeless
19. INCLUSION
Women
Noncollege whites
Disabled
Latinos
Asian Americans
LGBTQs
Native Americans
20. INFORMATION
Information
21. LAW AND ORDER
Law and order
22. PRIVACY
Privacy
23. SAFETY
24. TRUTH
Truth
25. THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD
US military intervention abroad
26. THE GOOD SOCIETY
A better America
How to get there
APPENDIXES
A decent and rising income floor: additional data
Income inequality: additional data
