Updating America's Social Contract: Economic Growth and Opportunity in the New Century
Date
2000
Topic(s)
Author(s) Rudolph G. Penner, Isabel V. Sawhill, Timothy Taylor

Focusing on three issues - productivity, income inequality, and the aging of the baby-boom population -- this concise volume describes a "radically moderate" agenda. The distinguished authors begin by acknowledging the difficult tradeoffs required for revamping programs for the aged and poor whole keeping the economy growing. They then untangle the complexities of the policy debate and propose sensible ways to move America forward into the new century.

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Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future
Published in 2010, this wide-ranging, pragmatic, and in-depth volume covers the persistently divisive issues surrounding race in America, with contributions from Angela Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, Manuel Pastor, Van Jones and Allen Crouch, among others. The authors address evolving and emerging topics such as the future of work and metropolitan communities, immigrant integration, and effective educational structures.