CONTENTS

Foreword by Bernie Sanders

Preface

Acknowledgments

1   WHY WE NEED TO BUILD A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY

2   INVESTMENT, SAVING, AND U.S. LONG-TERM GROWTH

3   DECODING THE FEDERAL BUDGET

4   SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER THE AUTOMOBILE AGE

5   FACING UP TO INCOME INEQUALITY

6   SMART MACHINES AND THE FUTURE OF JOBS

7   THE TRUTH ABOUT TRADE

8   DISPARITIES AND HIGH COSTS FUEL THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS

9   A SMART ENERGY POLICY FOR THE UNITED STATES

10   FROM GUNS TO BUTTER

11   INVESTING FOR INNOVATION

12   TOWARD A NEW KIND OF POLITICS

13   RESTORING TRUST IN AMERICAN GOVERNANCE

14   PROSPERITY IN SUSTAINABILITY

Suggested Further Readings

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