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The public option : how to expand freedom, increase opportunity, and promote equality / Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne L. Alstott.

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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, from public schools to museums, are public options--yet...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Authors: Sitaraman, Ganesh (Author), Alstott, Anne, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Public administration > United States.
Government ownership > United States.
Government property > United States.
Public interest > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > Economic policy.
Economic policy.
Government ownership.
Government property.
Politics and government.
Public administration.
Public interest.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Understanding the public option: The limits of private action
  • Why public options
  • The theory of the public option
  • Caveats and counterarguments
  • Part II. The history of the public option: Public libraries, Social Security, and other successes
  • Mixed results in education and housing
  • Part III. The public option and public policy: Retirement
  • Higher education
  • Banking
  • Child care
  • Health care
  • And more.

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