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Creating an Opportunity Society

By: Ron Haskins,Isabel V. Sawhill

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Creating an Opportunity Society

By: Ron Haskins,Isabel V. Sawhill

Americans believe economic opportunity is as fundamental a right as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More concerned about a level playing field for all, they worry less about the growing income and wealth disparity in our country. Creating an Opportunity Society examines economic opportunity in the United States and explores how to create more of it, particularly for those on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill propose a concrete agenda for increasing opportunity that is cost effective, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving the lives of the young and the disadvantaged. They emphasize individual responsibility as an indispensable basis for successful policies and programs. The authors recommend a three-pronged approach to create more opportunity in America: • Increase education for children and youth at the preschool, K–12, and postsecondary levels • Encourage and support work among adults • Reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births while increasing the share of children reared by their married parents With concern for the federal deficit in mind, Haskins and Sawhill argue for reallocating existing resources, especially from the affluent elderly to disadvantaged children and their families. The authors are optimistic that a judicious use of the nation's resources can level the playing field and produce more opportunity for all. Creating an Opportunity Society offers the most complete summary available of the facts and the factors that contribute to economic opportunity. It looks at the poor, the middle class, and the rich, providing deep background data on how each group has fared in recent decades. Unfortunately, only the rich have made substantial progress, making this book a timely guide forward for anyone interested in what we can do as a society to improve the prospects for our less-advantaged families and fellow citizens.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815703937

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Generation Unbound

Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

By: Isabel V. Sawhill

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Generation Unbound

Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

By: Isabel V. Sawhill

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage. In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States. Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815725590

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9780815725596

Forgotten Americans

An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation

By: Isabel Sawhill

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Forgotten Americans

An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation

By: Isabel Sawhill

A sobering account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation’s economic inequalities One of the country’s leading scholars on economics and social policy, Isabel Sawhill addresses the enormous divisions in American society—economic, cultural, and political—and what might be done to bridge them. Widening inequality and the loss of jobs to trade and technology has left a significant portion of the American workforce disenfranchised and skeptical of governments and corporations alike. And yet both have a role to play in improving the country for all. Sawhill argues for a policy agenda based on mainstream values, such as family, education, and work. While many have lost faith in government programs designed to help them, there are still trusted institutions on both the local and federal level that can deliver better job opportunities and higher wages to those who have been left behind. At the same time, the private sector needs to reexamine how it trains and rewards employees. This book provides a clear-headed and middle-way path to a better-functioning society in which personal responsibility is honored and inclusive capitalism and more broadly shared growth are once more the norm.

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Yale University Press

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0300241062

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9780300241068

Forgotten Americans

An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation

By: Isabel Sawhill

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An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation

By: Isabel Sawhill

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The Reagan Experiment

An Examination of Economic and Social Policies Under the Reagan Administration

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill,Changing Domestic Priorities Project (Urban Institute)

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The Reagan Experiment

An Examination of Economic and Social Policies Under the Reagan Administration

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill,Changing Domestic Priorities Project (Urban Institute)

A report of the Urban Institute's Changing Domestic Priorities Project"--Page ii."URI 34200"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

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The Urban Insitute

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0877663157

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Promotion, Recruitment and Retention of Members in Nonprofit Organizations

By: Cecilia Isabel Calderón Valencia,Judith Cavazos-Arroyo,Alfonso López-Lira Arjona

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Promotion, Recruitment and Retention of Members in Nonprofit Organizations

By: Cecilia Isabel Calderón Valencia,Judith Cavazos-Arroyo,Alfonso López-Lira Arjona

Although research on the value of membership of Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) is increasing, there remain few theoretical and empirical advances in this area. Addressing this gap, this book offers a fresh perspective, exploring how NPOs’ survival is linked to the promotion, recruitment and retention of members.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1839826584

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The Reagan Experiment

An Examination of Economic and Social Policies Under the Reagan Administration

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill,Changing Domestic Priorities Project (Urban Institute)

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An Examination of Economic and Social Policies Under the Reagan Administration

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill,Changing Domestic Priorities Project (Urban Institute)

A report of the Urban Institute's Changing Domestic Priorities Project"--Page ii."URI 34200"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

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Updating America's Social Contract

Economic Growth and Opportunity in the New Century

By: Rudolph Gerhard Penner,Isabel V. Sawhill,Timothy Taylor,American Assembly

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Updating America's Social Contract

Economic Growth and Opportunity in the New Century

By: Rudolph Gerhard Penner,Isabel V. Sawhill,Timothy Taylor,American Assembly

Commissioned by the American Assembly with the Brookings Institution and the Urban League as a background paper for a meeting at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, June, 1999. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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W. W. Norton

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0393975797

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9780393975796

Restoring Fiscal Sanity

How to Balance the Budget

By: Alice M. Rivlin,Isabel V. Sawhill

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Restoring Fiscal Sanity

How to Balance the Budget

By: Alice M. Rivlin,Isabel V. Sawhill

The United States is standing at a critical juncture in its fiscal outlook. After experiencing a brief period of budget surpluses at the turn of the century, the federal government will run deficits that add about $4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. Substantial deficits will likely continue long into the future because the looming retirement of the baby boom generation will raise spending in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. At the same time, the federal government appears to be neglecting spending in key areas of social and economic policy. The nation thus faces a vital choice: continue down a path toward future fiscal crisis while under investing in critical areas, or increase resources in high-priority areas while also reducing the overall budget deficit. This choice will materially affect Americans' economic status and security in the immediate future as well as over long horizons. In R estoring Fiscal Sanity, a group of Brookings scholars with high-level government experience provide an overview of the country's likely medium- and long-term spending needs and the resources available to pay for them. They propose three alternative fiscal paths that are more responsible than the current path. One plan emphasizes spending cuts, the second emphasizes revenue increases, and a third is a balanced mix between the two. The contributors address the policy choices in such areas as defense, homeland security, international assistance, and programs targeted to the less advantaged, the elderly, and other domestic priorities. In the process, they provide an understanding of the short- and long-run trade offs and illustrate how the budget can be reshaped to achieve high priority objectives in a fiscally responsible way.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815796390

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9780815796398

The Reagan Record

An Assessment of America's Changing Domestic Priorities

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill

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An Assessment of America's Changing Domestic Priorities

By: John Logan Palmer,Isabel V. Sawhill

Examines the shift, under Reagan's presidency, in the course and character of federal domestic policy and evaluates the social and economic repercussions

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0887300014

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Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2005

Meeting the Long-Run Challenge

By: Alice M. Rivlin,Isabel V. Sawhill

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Meeting the Long-Run Challenge

By: Alice M. Rivlin,Isabel V. Sawhill

The retirement of the baby boom generation will create spiraling costs for health care and pension programs. Combined with lower revenues, these developments will lead to a decline in economic growth if nothing is done. In this second volume of Restoring Fiscal Sanity, a group of policy experts focus on how to bring spending and revenues in line over the next decade, and even more important, how to balance them over the longer term. They suggest reforms in the tax system, Social Security, and Medicare that might close this looming gap and put the nation on a sounder fiscal footing. Contributors include Henry J. Aaron, William G. Gale, Ron Haskins, Jack Meyer, and Peter R. Orszag (Brookings Institution), Rudolph G. Penner and C. Eugene Steuerle (Urban Institute), and John B. Shoven (Stanford University).

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0815797796

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Book's by Isabel Sawhill

Creating an Opportunity Society

Creating an Opportunity Society

Generation Unbound

Generation Unbound

Forgotten Americans

Forgotten Americans

Forgotten Americans

Forgotten Americans

The Reagan Experiment

The Reagan Experiment

Promotion, Recruitment and Retention of Members in Nonprofit Organizations

Promotion, Recruitment and Retention of Members in Nonprofit Organizations

The Reagan Experiment

The Reagan Experiment

Updating America's Social Contract

Updating America's Social Contract

Restoring Fiscal Sanity

Restoring Fiscal Sanity

The Reagan Record

The Reagan Record

Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2005

Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2005

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