{"product_id":"9781594036576","title":"A Time for Governing: Policy Solutions from the Pages of National Affairs","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica finds itself in a moment of profound and complex governing challenges. A crushing recession and feeble recovery have shaken the foundations of our financial and economic systems. We are struggling with the exploding costs of health care and entitlement spending, and fiscal disaster looms as our society ages. American families are anxious about wage stagnation, barriers to social mobility, and the nation's competitiveness in an era of globalization. Meanwhile, our large governing institutions—most of them designed several decades ago—are showing signs of decay and calling out for serious reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Affairs, a quarterly journal of essays on domestic policy and political economy, was launched in 2009 to help Americans think more clearly about these problems and to develop promising solutions. This book is a collection of some of the most timely and concrete policy proposals published in the journal's pages in its first three years, offering ideas for reforming our welfare state, tax system, financial regulations, monetary policy, education, state finances, and more. Each essay reflects the journal's deep concern for the future of American freedom and prosperity, as well as its conviction that in America's great strengths—especially our commitment to democratic capitalism, our ideals of liberty and equality under the law, and our roots in the longstanding traditions of the West—lie the resources needed to address today's problems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encounter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035539325168,"sku":"9781594036576","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594036576_p0.jpg?v=1769901408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594036576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}