The third lie : why government programs don't work-- and a blueprint for change

The third lie : why government programs don't work-- and a blueprint for change

Obama at the crossroads : politics, markets, and the battle for America's future

Cato handbook for Congress : 105th Congress.

Introduction -- Restoring Civil Society -- Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution -- The Delegation of Legislative Powers -- Term Limits and the Need for a Citizen Legislature -- Downsize the Domestic Budget and Cut Taxes -- The 1998 Defense Budget -- Pentagon Pork -- Corporate Welfare -- Replace the Tax System -- Department of Education -- Special-Interest Departments: Commerce and Labor -- Department of Energy -- Cultural Agencies -- Costly Agencies -- Civil Liberties in America -- The Expanding Federal Police Power -- Restrictions on Political Speech -- Freedom on the Internet and Other Computer Networks -- Broadcasting -- Terrorism -- The Ominous Powers of Federal Law Enforcement -- Social Security -- Health Care -- Welfare Reform -- Urban Policy -- A Federal Privatization Agenda -- Crime -- Immigration.

Shared responsibility, shared risk : government, markets and social policy in the twenty-first century

Inspirations and Challenges for Shared Responsibility, Shared Risk: Sharing risk and responsibility in a new economic era / A brief history of risk management policy / The American challenge in cross-national perspective / "The Arms of Democracy": economic security in the nation's Broader National Security Agenda / Improving Economic Security for Workers: The role of government in ensuring employment security ad job security / Income security when temporarily away from work / Improving Economic Security for Families: Public policy options to build wealth for America's middle class / Risk allocation in home ownership: revisiting the role of mortgage contract terms / Risk sharing when work and family clash: the need for government and employer innovation / Increasing Health and Retirement Security: Health care reform 2.0: fulfilling the promise of the Affordable Care Act / Bigger and better: redesigning our retirement system in the wake of the financial collapse / Government's role in aging and long-term care / Conclusions: Seeing, bearing, and sharing risk: social policy challenges for our time / Conclusion: America's next social contract: lessons from the past, prospects for the future

Taking back America and taking down the radical Right

Introduction : take back America / The threat : rolling back the twentieth century / The war against women / Rolling back basic rights / Trashing the environment / "Packing the courts" / The progressive jobs and growth agenda : full economic recovery and full employment / Top down or bottom up : America's fateful choice : a program for a new majority / Growth is not enough : empowering working people / Health care : the logic of radical reform / America's commitment to education : educating the next generation : America's historic challenge / Jobs and energy independence : the Apollo Initiative / Preventive democracy, not the empire of fear : a real security agenda / The cost of choosing war : security in a changed world / Holding corporations accountable : American law : instrument of social progress or weapon of repression? / Seizing the continuing moment for democracy reform / The lessons of Paul Wellstone : the winning ways of Paul Wellstone / Taking back the media : up in flames / Devolve this! : toward a progressive strategy in the states / Win back the young : youth vote in 2001 / Building to win / Growing a progressive majority / Organize, don't agonize : how badly do you want it? / Put the whole team on the field : bring the family together / The progressive story of America : acceptance of America's future lifetime leadership award