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964377
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b718747
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Path to prosperity : : Hamilton Project ideas on income security, education, and taxes /\ Jason Furman and Jason E. Bordoff, editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) :: illustrations
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0815701543
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0815730128
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0815730136
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9780815730125
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9780815730132
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword / Robert E. Rubin -- Path to prosperity / Roger C. Altman [and others] -- Enhancing economic security -- Fundamental restructuring of unemployment insurance: wage-loss insurance and temporary earnings replacement accounts / Jeffrey R. Kling -- Reforming unemployment insurance for the twenty-first-century workforce / Lori G. Kletzer and Howard Rosen -- Improving opportunities and incentives for saving by middle- and low-income households / William G. Gale, Jonathan Gruber, and Peter R. Orszag -- Building a high-skill workforce -- Success by ten: intervening early, often, and effectively in the education of young children / Jens Ludwig and Isabel Sawhill -- Summer opportunity scholarships: a proposal to narrow the skills gap / Alan B. Krueger and Molly F. McIntosh -- Identifying effective teachers using performance on the job / Robert Gordon, Thomas J. Kane, and Douglas O. Staiger -- College grants on a postcard: a proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid / Susan M. Dynarski and Judith E. Scott-Clayton -- Investing in the best and brightest: increased fellowship support for American scientists and engineers / Richard B. Freeman -- Creating a better tax system -- The simple return: reducing America's tax burden through return-free filing / Austan Goolsbee -- Reforming corporate taxation in a global economy: a proposal to adopt formulary apportionment / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Kimberly A. Clausing -- Taxing privilege more effectively: replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax / Lily L. Batchelder.
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"Focuses on three key criteria for fostering broadly shared economic growth: enhancing economic security, building a highly skilled work force, and reforming the tax system. Proposals include reforming unemployment insurance, improving incentives for retirement saving, building quality into each level of education, and simplifying taxation and making it more progressive"--Provided by publisher.
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Economic development-- United States.
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Education and state-- United States.
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Skilled labor-- Government policy-- United States.
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Taxation-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Comparative.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- General.
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Economic development.
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Economic policy.
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Education and state.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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Skilled labor-- Government policy.
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Taxation.
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United States, Economic policy, 2001-2009.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.973
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HC106.83.P38 2008eb
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Bordoff, Jason.
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Furman, Jason.
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Hamilton Project.
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