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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- An agenda for America / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- part I. The Pulse of America -- 1. Are Americans better off than they were a decade or two ago? / Ben S. Bernanke and Peter Olson -- 2. Unhappiness in America : desperation in white towns, resilience and diversity in the cities / Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto -- 3. Time for justice : tackling race inequalities in health and housing / Dayna Bowen Matthew, Richard V. Reeves, and Edward Rodrigue -- 4. Health policy issues and the 2016 presidential election / Robert B. Reischauer and Alice M. Rivlin -- 5. A government wide reform agenda for the next administration / Elaine C. Kamarck -- part II. Growing the Economy -- 6. Recommendations for federal budget policy / Douglas W. Elmendorf -- 7. The most important non-issue in the 2016 campaign / Ron Haskins -- 8. Infrastructure issues and options for the Trump Administration / William A. Galston and Robert J. Puentes -- 9. Short- and long-term strategies to renews American infrastructure / Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane -- 10. Productivity and the Trump Administration / David Wessel -- 11. Major tax issues in 2017 / William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin -- 12. The future of U.S, .-China economic relations / David Dollar -- 13. The case for trade and the trans-Pacific Partnership / Mireya Solis -- 14. Maximizing the local economic impact of federal R & D / Scott Andes -- 15. Why cities and metros must lead in Trump's America / Bruce Katz -- 16. Climate change and the next administration / Nate Hultman -- 17. Energy and climate : moving beyond sumbolism / David G. Victor -- 18. Creating opportunity for the forgotten Americans / Isabel Sawhill -- 19. Making U.S. development fit for the 21st century / George Ingram -- 20. Securing the future of driverless cars / Darrell M. West -- part III. Security at Home and Abroad -- 21. America's awesome military / Michael E. O'Hanlon and David H. Petraeus -- 22. Countering violent extremism in America / Robert L. McKenzie -- 23. Criminal justice reform / William A. Galston -- 24. Lawful hacking and the case for a strategic approach to going dark / Susan Hennessey -- To preserve an important U.S. intelligence tool, Trump needs to set a different tone / Benjamin Wittes -- part IV. Foreign Challenges and Opportunities -- 26. America's role in a turbulent world / Bruce Jones -- 27. The twilight of the liberal world order / Robert Kagan -- 28. You've got a friend in me : why U.S. alliances make America safer / Richard Bush -- 29. U.S. leadership in global education : the time is now / Rebecca Winthrop -- 30. U.S.-Mexican relations : after the election's vitriol, ways to strengthen a multifaceted partnership / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- 31. Dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea : rising danger, narrowing options, hard choices / Evans J.R. Revere -- 32. President Trump's options for Israeli-Palestinian deal making / Martin Indyk -- 33. Iraq and a policy proposal for the next administration / Kenneth M. Pollack -- 34. Deconstruction Syria : a confederal approach / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- 35. Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis / Jessica Brandt and Robert L. McKenzie -- 36. Dealing with a simmering Ukraine-Russia conflict / Fiona Hill and Steven Pifer -- 37. Nuclear arms control choices and U.S.-Russia relations / Steven Pifer -- 38. Forging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan / Vanda Felbab-Brown and orhers. |
| Summary |
What are the biggest issues facing the country as Donald Trump and the GOP-led 115th Congress take office? Any new administration faces a myriad of issues and problems it must take on as it ascends to power. In this volume, Brookings scholars and others offer their solutions, from Ben Bernanke and Richard Bush to Richard Reeves and Dayna Matthew, from Bob Reischauer and Alice Rivlin to Robert Kagan and Elaine Kamarck, to Belle Sawhill, Doug Elmendorf, David Wessel, Bill Galston, and Carol Graham, as well as many others. These powerful essays engage and inform readers on a variety of timely, crucial issues that affect the present and the future of the United States. Much of the focus is on the threatened middle-class dream in America. On the domestic front, Brookings scholars tackle topics ranging from health care and jobs to economic opportunity and trade policy, to criminal justice and infrastructure. The alliance system, relationships with China and Mexico, nuclear weapons, terrorism, and the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq are among the foreign policies issues addressed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy. |
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Presidents -- Election. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
O'Hanlon, Michael E., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brookings big ideas for America. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017] 9780815731313 (DLC) 2017000347 |
| ISBN |
0815731329 (ebook) |
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9780815731320 (electronic book) |
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9780815731313 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815731310 |
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