Introduction : evaluating the effects of the Great Recession / Sheldon Danziger -- The macroeconomic policy paradox : failing by succeeding / Alan S. Blinder -- Political effects of the Great Recession / Larry Bartels -- Failing the test? The flexible U.S. job market in the Great Recession / Richard B. Freeman -- Wealth disparities before and after the Great Depression / Fabian T. Pfeffer, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni -- The effects of the Great Recession on the retirement security of older workers / Alicia H. Munnell and Matthew S. Rutledge -- The Great Recession and the social safety net / Robert A. Moffitt -- Expanding enrollments and contracting state budgets : the effect of the Great Recession on higher education / Andrew Barr and Sarah E. Turner -- The Great Recession and health : people, population, and disparities / Sarah A. Burgard, Jennifer A. Ailshire, and Lucie Kalousova -- The effects of the Great Recession on family structure / Andrew Cherlin...[et. al.] -- Effects of the Great Recession on child development / Ariel Kalil -- State fiscal policy during the Great Recession : budgetary impacts and policy responses / Andrea Louise Campbell and Michael W. Sances -- The effects of local economic conditions on confidence in key institutions and interpersonal trust after the Great Recession / Lindsay A. Owens and Karen S. Cook
