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The Public Option - How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality (Hardcover)
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The Public Option - How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 900
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A solution to inequalities wherever we look-in health care, secure
retirement, education-is as close as the public library. Or the
post office, community pool, or local elementary school. Public
options-reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist
with private options-are all around us, ready to increase
opportunity, expand freedom, and reawaken civic engagement if we
will only let them. Whenever you go to your local public library,
send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking
advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option.
Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life
are public options-yet they are seldom celebrated as such. These
government-supported opportunities coexist peaceably alongside
private options, ensuring equal access and expanding opportunity
for all. Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott challenge decades of
received wisdom about the proper role of government and consider
the vast improvements that could come from the expansion of public
options. Far from illustrating the impossibility of effective
government services, as their critics claim, public options hold
the potential to transform American civic life, offering a wealth
of solutions to seemingly intractable problems, from housing
shortages to the escalating cost of health care. Imagine a
low-cost, high-quality public option for child care. Or an
extension of the excellent Thrift Savings Plan for federal
employees to all Americans. Or every person having access to an
account at the Federal Reserve Bank, with no fees and no minimums.
From broadband internet to higher education, The Public Option
reveals smart new ways to meet pressing public needs while spurring
healthy competition. More effective than vouchers or tax credits,
public options could offer us all fairer choices and greater
security.
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