Opportunity 08 : Independent Ideas for America's Next President.
Title:
Opportunity 08 : Independent Ideas for America's Next President.
Author:
O'Hanlon, Michael E.
ISBN:
9780815701873
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (434 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Big Ideas for the 2008 Race -- Expand the U.S. Agenda toward Pakistan -- Countering Iran's Revolutionary Challenge -- Engaging the Muslim World -- Contending with the Rise of China -- Constructing a Successful China Strategy -- Ending Oil Dependence -- Iraq in 2009 -- Back to Balancing in the Middle East -- Bent but Not Broken -- Ensuring that Foreign Aid is Effective -- Managing Homeland Security -- Empowering Moderate Voters -- Rethinking U.S. Rental Housing Policy -- Attacking Poverty and Inequality -- Pathways to the Middle Class -- Taming the Deficit -- Realistic Approaches to Head Off a U.S. Economic Crisis -- Extending Deregulation -- Strengthening Higher Education -- Meeting the Dilemma of Health Care Access -- Meeting the Challenge of Health Care Quality -- Slowing the Growth of Health Spending -- Promoting Retirement Security -- Fixing the Tax System -- Strengthening U.S. Information Technology -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Voters say they want to hear more from candidates about the critical issues facing our nation and less about partisan politics. Opportunity 08 answers the call with authoritative analysis and innovative policy solutions for the problems that matter most to the future of our society, our prosperity, and our world. Reflecting an impressive breadth of expertise, opinions, and political beliefs, the contributors to this book tackle diverse challenges including how to deal with Iran and Iraq, the rise of China, climate change, poverty and inequality, and retirement security. New chapters in this updated and expanded second edition include examinations of homeland security, foreign aid, health care reform, and the U.S. relationship with Pakistan. Praise for the first edition: "Each chapter contains well-organized, innovative and practical approaches not just for the sitting president, but for the campaigning hopefuls, and should inspire voters to look beyond all-too-typical horse race coverageand perhaps demand more from their news media and their leaders."Publishers Weekly Learn more about the Brookings Opportunity 08 project at www.brookings.edu/projects/opportunity08.aspx.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View