Brynjolfsson, Erik, 33–34
Bush, George W., 145
Canada, Geoffrey, 64–65
car ownership, 87
Carter, Jimmy, xiv, 110
Cass, Oren, 60
Caterpillar, 100
cell phones, 42–43
children, 156–57, 171
Harlem Children’s Zone, 64–65
Miami Children’s Initiative, 65
of single parents, 125–26, 157–58, 161–63, 167, 171, 173
Take Stock in Children, 159–61
tax credits for, 70, 71, 115–17, 126, 168
Chili’s, 18
Clinton, Hillary, xvii, 3, 152
college(s), xii, xiv, 5, 6, 46, 77–107
accreditation of, 102–5
costs of, 80–81, 125, 127–28
monopoly power of, 101–5, 128
older students in, 99
student debt and, 81–89, 91–95, 101, 104, 107
student investment contracts and, 96–98
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act and, 92, 95
unemployed graduates of, 90
wages and, 78–79, 81, 82
competition, 9
regulations and, 22, 23, 34–36
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 8, 17, 18, 46, 121, 149, 151
conservatives, conservatism, xiii, xvi, xvii–xix, xxi, 5, 51, 62, 144
family and, 16–17
wages and, 18
see also Republicans
Coons, Chris, 38
Coursera, 103
Cowen, Tyler, 12–13
crony capitalism, 23–26, 35–36, 123
Cuomo, Andrew, 67
D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, 110–11
de Blasio, Bill, 14–15
debt, 84
student loan, 81–89, 91–95, 101, 104, 107
Democrats, 9, 17, 147, 153
see also liberals, liberalism
Depression, Great, 141, 164
Doar, Robert, 68–69, 166
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), 69–71, 163, 166–67
earned success, 74
Eberstadt, Nicholas, 7
economic security, xix, 109–29
economy, xiv, 5, 8, 10
free-enterprise, 28
global, 11, 29
recession in, 6, 59, 77, 80, 134
as zero-sum game, 144
education and schools, xii, xv, xvi, xvii, xix, 3, 13–17, 19, 33–34, 57, 58, 72
charter schools, 14–15
college, see college
liberal education, 90–91
New Orleans schools, 126–27
online education, 102–4, 125, 127–28
parents pursuing education, 125–28
school choice, 110, 112, 126, 127
see also skills
edX, 103
Einstein, Albert, 137
energy, 36–38
green, 25
research on, 38
equal opportunity, xix, 74
Evan, 88, 89, 94, 95
Facebook, 13
family, xv, xix, xx, xxi, 9, 15–17, 58, 155–74
child tax credits and, 70, 71, 115–17, 126, 168
decline of, 15, 158, 163–65, 169
taxes and, 113–17
upward mobility and, 158–59
see also marriage
Flex Fund, 64–68, 71, 167
Florida International University, 21
food bank, 53–57
food stamps, 67
Foreign Accents, 26–28
fracking, 36
free-enterprise economy, 28
Friedman, Milton, 96
García, Pedro Víctor, ix–x, xi
gas, natural, 36, 37–38
gay rights, 169–70
General Electric (GE), 30, 99
globalization, 11, 12, 29, 58
Google, 100, 105
government:
limited, 9
regulations by, see regulations
safety net provided by, 3
government, big, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19
big business and, 22–23, 25
central messages of, 17
Great Depression, 141, 164
gross domestic product, 8
Groundhog Day, 91
Gutierrez-Abety, Cecilia, 65
Hall, Keith, 58
Harlem Children’s Zone, 64–65
health care, xiv, 3, 17, 123–25, 132–33, 150–51
Affordable Care Act, see Affordable Care Act
Medicaid, 67, 68, 124
Medicare, 24–25, 114, 131–36, 148–52
Medi-Share, 27
tax credit and, 123–24
three-tiered system of, 120
Health Savings Account (HSA), 124
Heat and Eat, 67
Herr, John, xvi
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, 100
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, 46
home ownership, 87
homosexuality, 169–70
housing, 60
Hurricane Katrina, 126–27
immigration, 44–51
family-based, 45, 49
illegal, 45, 47–50
merit-based, 46–47, 49
incentives, 62–63, 166
income, 5–6, 109
inequality in, 6, 10, 15, 17, 53, 144, 163
median, 6, 7, 109, 115
see also wages
India (young woman), 155–57, 159–60
innovation, 26, 28, 33–34, 38–39, 73
Internet, 39–41
Investing in Student Success Act, 96–98
investment, 28–32
Ivy Bridge College, 102–3
Jennifer, xii–xiv
Jindal, Bobby, 126
jobs and work, xiv–xv, xvi, xvii, xx, 5, 6, 9, 16, 57, 58
automation of, 6, 12, 18
changing, during life, 138–39
creation of, 34–35, 69, 83, 86, 113, 145
decline in, 7, 8, 58
Earned Income Tax Credit and, 69–71, 166–67
equal opportunity for, xix
honoring of, 74–75
looking for, 7, 69
lost during recession, 6
Obamacare and, 121, 149
poverty and, 58, 61–63, 66, 68, 71–72
in retirement, 131, 140–45
skills for, see skills
unemployment, 7–9, 135
wages for, see wages
welfare and, 69
Johnson, Lyndon, 53, 56, 61
Jose, 1–5, 10, 19
Joyce, 132–34, 140–41
Kelly, Andrew, 102, 103
Kentucky, 66
Keystone Pipeline, 37
Kristeen, 111–13, 125–26, 128–29
Kristi, 77–78, 81–83, 85–87, 107
Laszewski, Bob, 120
law of unintended consequences, 83
Lee, Mike, 30, 105, 114–16, 168
Levin, Yuval, xviii, 47
liberals, liberalism, xiii, xiv, xvi, xix, 3, 5, 9, 10, 22, 142, 152, 171
family and, 17
see also Democrats
Lisa, 2–5
lost decade, 6
marriage, 15–16, 57–58, 68, 167, 168, 172
children born and raised outside of, 125–26, 157–58, 161–63, 167, 171, 173
decline of, 162–64, 167, 168, 172–73
defining, 168–70
Earned Income Tax Credit and, 1
66
first, age of, 161
gay, 169–70
poverty and, 71, 162, 164
taxes and, 166–68
see also family
Marshall, George, xvi
math skills, 14
MC2 STEM High School, 99
McAfee, Andrew, 33–34
Medicaid, 67, 68, 124
Medicare, 24–25, 114, 131–36, 148–52
Medi-Share, 27
Miami Children’s Initiative, 65
middle class, 6, 8, 9, 16, 56–57
immigration and, 44, 45
Miller, Christine, 53–57, 61–63
Mississippi, 66
Money Smart, 54–55
MOOC (massive open online course), 103–4
Morse, Edward L., 36–37
MTV, 172
Murray, Charles, 171
National Press Club, 134
National Regulatory Budget, 36
new normal, 8, 9
New Orleans, La., 126–27
Obama, Barack, xiii–xiv, xvii, 2, 3, 9–10, 26, 34, 110, 112–13, 152, 163
education and, 91, 105
immigration and, 48
on keeping insurance plans, 122
Obamacare, see Affordable Care Act
oil, 36, 38
opportunity inequality, 10
parents, 157
pursuing education, 125–28
single, 125–26, 157–58, 161–63, 167, 171, 173
see also children; family; marriage
PayPal, 100
Pelosi, Nancy, 10, 145
Pew Research Center, 5–6
potential gross domestic product, 8
poverty, 16, 53–75, 79, 128, 155, 157
Flex Fund and, 64–68, 71
incentives and, 62–63, 166
marriage and, 71, 162, 164
Obamacare and, 121
regional and ethnic differences in, 59
in rural and suburban areas, 59
Wage Enhancement Credit and, 65, 68, 70–71, 164
work and, 58, 61–63, 66, 68, 71–72
Putin, Vladimir, 43–44
Reagan, Ronald, 163
recession, 6, 59, 77, 80, 134
regulations, xv, xvii, 4, 11, 19, 34–35
big business and, 23
competition and, 22, 23, 34–36
costs of, 35
taxi industry and, 22
Republicans, 8–9, 152, 153
see also conservatives, conservatism
retirement, 6, 17, 114, 131–53
age of, 146
employer-sponsored plans for, 138–40
high-income seniors and, 147–48
job changes and, 138–39
Medicare and, 24–25, 114, 131–36, 148–52
payroll tax and, 142–44
Retirement Earnings Test, 141, 142
saving for, 131, 134–35, 137–38
Social Security and, 114, 131, 132, 134–37, 140–43, 145–48, 152
Thrift Savings Plan and, 139–40
work in, 131, 140–45
Romney, Mitt, 60, 116
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 137
Ryan, Paul, 63, 123–25, 135, 150
Salam, Reihan, 47
Sawhill, Elizabeth, 158
schools, see education and schools
Second Machine Age, The (Brynjolfsson and McAfee), 33–34
single parents, 125–26, 157–58, 161–63, 167, 171, 173
16 and Pregnant, 172
skills, xiv–xv, 6, 13–14, 19, 72, 105–6
trade schools and, 100
Small Business Administration, 35
small-business owners, 4
Social Security, 114, 131, 132, 134–37, 140–43, 145–48, 152
Soden, Brad, 23–25
Soden, Liz, 23–24
Solyndra, 25, 38
Stein, Robert, 117
stimulus bill, 26
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act, 92, 95
success, 159
earned, 74
sequence of, 15–16
Take Stock in Children, 159–61
talent, 44, 73
Tankchair, 23–24
taxes, xiv, xvii, xviii, 11, 19, 29–33, 113–17
child tax credits, 70, 71, 115–17, 126, 168
corporate rate of, 29–30
Earned Income Tax Credit, 69–71, 163, 166–67
families and, 113–17
health care and, 123–24
innovation and, 34
marriage and, 166–68
payroll, 142–44
territorial system of, 32–33
taxi industry, 22
technology, 11–13, 58
teen pregnancy, 172
Therrien, Joe, 89
Thiel, Peter, 100
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), 139–40
Tiffin University, 102
trade policies, 42–43
trade schools, 100
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, 43
Trans-Pacific Partnership, 43
transportation, 59
Uber, 21–22, 28
Udacity, 103
Ukraine, 43–44
unemployment, 7–9, 135
see also jobs and work
United Food Bank of Plant City, 53–57
United Nations, 40
U.S. News & World Report, 104
Utah, 66
values, xv, 155–74
wages, xv, xvi, 6–7, 9, 18–19, 134–35
college degree and, 78–79, 81, 82
minimum, 17–18, 71
stagnation of, 134–35, 138
subsidies, 19
Wage Enhancement Credit, 65, 68, 70–71, 128, 164, 166–67
Warren, Elizabeth, 23, 26, 147
Washington, D.C.:
Uber in, 21, 28
wealth in, 109–11
wealth, 6, 9–10, 109–11
welders, 100
welfare, xviii
reform of, 68–69
wheelchairs, 24–25
Wilcox, Brad, 15, 162
wireless spectrum, 41–42
women, war on, 164, 173
work, see jobs and work
World War II, xvi, 5, 6, 11–12
Wyden, Ron, 92, 150
Yellen, Janet, 86
York, Byron, 120
Zuckerberg, Mark, 13
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