What institutions and policies are most conducive to human flourishing? The Good Society is a book of diagnoses and prescriptions for the United States and other affluent democratic nations.
1. INTRODUCTION
America is exceptional … and ordinary
2. COMMUNITY
Social connections
Neighborliness
3. DEMOCRACY
4. ECONOMIC EQUALITY
5. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
6. ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
Economic growth
7. ECONOMIC SECURITY
A decent and rising income floor
8. ECONOMIC STABILITY
Stable output and employment
Stable prices
9. EDUCATION
K-12 education
10. EMPLOYMENT
Job mobility
Quality of work life
Work-family-leisure balance
11. ENVIRONMENT
Clean air, water, and land
12. FAMILY
13. FINANCE
An effective and stable financial system
14. FREEDOM
Personal freedom
15. GOOD GOVERNMENT
Public insurance and the least well-off
How much public insurance do Americans want?
Is big government bad for the economy?
Is big government bad for freedom, civil society, and happiness?
Good government
16. HAPPINESS
17. HEALTH
Mental health
18. HOUSING
Livable cities
Good neighborhoods
Homeownership
Housing the homeless
19. INCLUSION
Women
Noncollege whites
Disabled
Latinos
Asian Americans
Native Americans
20. INFORMATION
Information
Truth
21. LAW AND ORDER
Law and order
22. OPENNESS AND SUPPORT FOR OTHER PEOPLES
23. PRIVACY
Privacy
24. SAFETY
25. THE GOOD SOCIETY
Is its success generalizable?
Where the US falls short
How to get there
It isn’t a cure-all
Alternatives
APPENDIXES
A decent and rising income floor: additional data
Income inequality: additional data
Shared prosperity: additional data
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