The reclaiming America's lost promise of economic rights Paul, Mark (Political economist) creator author. text bibliography ilu 2023 monographic eng

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329 pages ; 24 cm "The freedoms established by the Bill of Rights are celebrated as a part of America's national identity. But are they everything? Do freedoms from government persecution offer enough to live the American Dream? In Freedom Is Not Enough, economist Mark Paul considers the history of American rights and freedoms as determinants of American economic well-being. The failed promise of FDR's New Deal and LBJ's Great Society programs to secure positive rights for all Americans-the right to a decent education, a good job, adequate health care, and a greater capacity for economic flourishing-have left the country fractured by inequality and stifled in social mobility. Paul traces this shift not only to the unrealized promise of the twentieth-century reforms, but to the simultaneous rise of neoliberalism-the conflation of freedom and markets, the vilification of government intervention in public life-as a persisting source of American injustice. Building on the history of this trend, he offers policy prescriptions to reinvigorate American equality and mobility, including economic prescriptions for the most American question of all: how do you pay for it? A trenchant and deeply researched synthesis of economics, history, and public policy, Freedom Is Not Enough is a new case for one of America's founding promises. It promises to serve as a blueprint for positive change in a challenging time"-- Introduction Part I: American Freedom 1. States of America 2. Capitalism and Freedom 3. America’s Other Freedom Part II: Economic Rights 4. The Right to Work 5. The Right to Housing 6. The Right to an Education 7. The Right to Health Care 8. The Right to a Basic Income and Banking 9. The Right to a Healthy Environment Part III: A Budget for the People 10. How Do We Pay for It? Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index Mark Paul. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-304) and index. n-us--- Economic rights United States History Derechos económicos y sociales Historia Estados Unidos Equality Economic aspects United States Igualdad Aspectos económicos Estados Unidos United States Economic conditions 20th century Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas Siglo XX United States Economic policy 20th century Estados Unidos Política económica Siglo XX HC 106.84 P324e 2023 330.973 9780226792965 (cloth) 022679296X (cloth) 2022045058 ICU/DLC 220926 20250519163513.0 22804073 eng