Social Democratic America (38 page)

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. London: Verso.

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Socio-Economic Review
1: 289–325.

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, January 22.

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. New York: Simon and Schuster.

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MoneyBox. Slate
, February 11.

Zingales, Luigi. 2012.
A Capitalism for the People
. New York: Basic Books.

Zysman, John. 1983.
Governments, Markets, and Growth
. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Acemoglu, Daron,
87
,
89
,
90
,
91
,
92

Adema, Willem,
124

AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children),
17
,
153
,
167

affirmative action,
62
,
70

Alesina, Alberto,
107
,
151

Alger, Horatio,
31

Angelitos, George-Marios,
107

Australia,
119

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

government spending in,
92
,
121
–
123
,
122
fig. 4.19
,
123
fig. 4.20

Austria,
119
,
121

coordinated market economy in,
87

employment in,
99
fig. 4.12

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

growth of economy,
63

Bai, Matt,
163

bankruptcy,
7
,
29

Bartels, Larry,
160

Baumol, William,
96

Belgium,
119
,
121

employment in,
98
,
99
fig. 4.12

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

publicly funded education in,
61

unions in,
132

Blair, Tony,
94
,
128

Boarini, Romina,
54
,
55

Brooks, David,
174

business, ease of doing,
104
fig. 4.15

Cain, Herman,
174

campaign expenditures,
162
fig. 5.3

Canada,
119

family assistance in,
62

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

government spending in,
92

Caner, Asena,
21

capitalism

“cuddly”,
88
–
89
,
93
fig. 4.11

“cutthroat”,
88
–
89
,
93
fig. 4.11

Census Bureau,
20
,
40

Center for Retirement Research,
23

Center for Social Development,
22

Child Care and Development Fund,
167

Child Tax Credit,
8
,
62
,
70
,
167
,
179

children, from low-income families,
56
–
57

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling,
14
,
162

civic associations,
3
–
4

Civil Rights Act,
46
,
170

climate change,
157
–
158

Clinton, Bill

Reinventing Government initiative,
178

Clinton-Reich-Rubin-Sperling pro-growth progressivism,
94

college

affirmative action and,
62

completion of,
34
fig. 2.4
,
57
fig. 3.4
,
58

increase in attendance,
41

success in,
58

communities, revitalization of,
118
–
119

competition

and big government,
104
–
107
,
106
fig. 4.16

Congress, U.S., laws passed by,
174
fig. 5.9

Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
20
,
26
,
38
,
168

Consumer Expenditures Survey (CES),
41

Cowen, Tyler,
97

criminal record, effect on employment,
62

Current Population Survey (CPS),
26
,
38

democracy, social,
8
–
10
,
119
–
121

cost of,
10
–
11
,
11
fig. 1.1
,
12

Democratic party,158–
161
,
163
–
164

campaign expenditures,
162
fig. 5.3

control of the presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives,
159
fig. 5.1

electability of,
165

development of,
170

voting record of,
164
fig. 5.4
,
172
fig. 5.7

Denmark,
119
,
121
,
123
,
124
–
127

benefits following childbirth in,
60
,
116

early childhood programs in,
100
,
116

employment programs in,
100

family-friendly programs,
138

government revenues and economic growth in,
83
,
84
fig. 4.6
,
85
,
89
,
95

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

higher education in,
58

household income in,
63

low income in,
55

social expenditures and living standards in,
125
fig. 4.21

unions in,
132

wages in,
134

disabilities, people with,
167

disaster relief,
17

Disposable American, The
, (Uchitelle),
18

Domhoff, William,
165

Douthat, Ross,
174

Duncan, Greg,
62

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

as example of government programs that work well,
10
,
17

ensuring a standard of living,
6
,
8
,
135
,
141
fig. 4.25
,
179

expansion of,
52
,
69
–
70
,
92
,
115
,
122
,
140
,
153
,
166

Eberstadt, Nicholas
A Nation of Takers
,
110

Economic Policy Institute,
22

Economist
,
151

economy, U.S.

domestic competition and,
3

foreign competition and,
3

growth of,
64
fig. 3.5
,
93
–
98

liberal market,
86

risk-filled,
3

Edin, Kathryn,
117

education

early,
60
–
61
,
167

universal,
61
,
70
,
92

higher, factors in success,
58

K-12, factors in success,
59
,
60
,
167

See also
schools educational advantages,
2
,
4
,
34
fig. 2.4

“Effects of Public Opinion on Policy” (Page and Shapiro),
154

Emanuel, Ezekiel,
128

Emerging Democratic Majority, The
(Teixeira and Judis),
160

employment

and big government,
98
–
101

as a source of rising earnings,
67

factors affecting,
34
,
67
–
69

rate of,
68
fig. 3.8
,
98

Erikson, Robert,
154

Esping-Andersen, Gesta,
120
,
121

The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
,
119

expenses, unanticipated,
28

families

children living with both biological parents,
113
,
fig. 4.18

countries with traditional roles in,
101
fig. 4.13

description of,
40

earners in,
112

revitalizing,
111
–
117

roles in,
99

size of,
40

Family and Medical Leave Act,
51
,
167

Federal Reserve Board,
70

Ferguson, Thomas,
165

Finland,
119
,
121

family-friendly programs,
138

government revenues and economic growth in,
89

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

growth of economy,
63

higher education in,
58

innovation in,
92

low income in,
55

unions in,
132

flexicurity,
103

food stamps.
See
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

France,
119
,
121

employment in,
98
,
99
fig. 4.12

rate of,
98

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

publicly funded education in,
61

Frank, Thomas,
What's the Matter with Kansas?
,
160

freedom

economic,
102
,
103
fig. 4.14

financial,
102

fiscal,
102

investment,
102

labor,
102

monetary,
102

trade,
102

Friedman, Milton,
105
,
144

Frum, David,
174

Gallup poll,
151

General Social Survey (GSS),
152
,
153

Germany,
119
,
121

coordinated market economy in,
87

economic growth in,
95

employment in,
99
fig. 4.12

government revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

Giddens, Anthony,
94

Gilens, Martin,
153
,
154
,
155

Gingerich, Daniel,
87

Gingrich, Newt,
174

Glaeser, Edward,
151

globalization,
130
–
131

Gordon, Robert,
97

Gore, Al,
178

Gosselin, Peter,
High Wire
,
18

government, European,
108
fig. 4.17

government (U.S.)

as employer,
53
,
70

as insurer,
5
,
92

debt of,
74
fig. 4.1

expansion of (“big”),
1
–
2
,
4
,
150
–
154

expenditures and effectiveness of,
108
fig. 4.17

GDP per capita,
91
fig. 4.10

innovation in,
92

institutional coherence and economic growth in,
88

revenues and economic growth,
81
–
85
,
83
fig. 4.5
,
86
fig. 4.7
,
89
,
90
fig. 4.9

revenues and employment hours in,
99
fig. 4.12

social programs,
7
–
8
,
79
–
80
,
80
Fig. 4.4

spending,
74
fig. 4.1

See also
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Medicare; Social Security; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); unemployment compensation

Great Risk Shift, The
, (Hacker),
18

Greenspan, Alan,
66
–
67

Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
82
,
83
fig. 4.5
,
84
,
85