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  • Better Capitalism

    by Robert E. Litan ...
    In the wake of the Great Recession and America's listless recovery from it, economists, policymakers, and media pundits have argued at length about what has gone wrong with the American capitalist system. Even so, few constructive remedies have emerged. This welcome book cuts through the chatter and offers a detailed, nonideological, and practical blueprint to restore the vigor of the American ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Going Digital!

    by Robert E. Litan, William A. Niskanen ...
    The information age technology revolution promises enormous benefits to the U.S. and global economies. Yet if those benefits are to be fully realized, policymakers in the U.S. and abroad must rethink some fundamental premises about how economic activity has traditionally been governed. Should we continue to regulate industries the way we have in the past? Does the digital age require a new ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Verdict

    Assessing the Civil Jury System

    by Robert E. Litan ...
    The right to a jury trial is a fundamental feature of the American justice system. In recent years, however, aspects of the civil jury system have increasingly come under attack. Many question the ability of lay jurors to decide complex scientific and technical questions that often arise in civil suits. Others debate the high and rising costs of litigation, the staggering delay in resolving ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • American Finance for the 21st Century

    by Robert E. Litan ...
    As recently as thirty years ago, Americans lived in a financial world that today seems distant. Investment and borrowing choices were meager: virtually all transactions were conducted in cash or by check. The financial services industry was heavily regulated, as an outgrowth of the Depression, while an elaborate safety net was constructed to prevent a repeat of that dismal episode in American ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Resolved

    Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy

    by Robert Litan ...
    Adopting a simple education reform to restore civil discourse and transform American societyIn this era of extreme political polarization, it's tempting to believe nothing can be done to heal a nation that is so obviously divided and led by dysfunctional politicians.But there is a relatively simple and powerful way to begin the healing, and at the same time prepare the next generations of leaders ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Need for Speed

    A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century

    by Robert E. Litan, Hal J. Singer ...
    The twenty-first-century telecommunications landscape is radically different from the one that prevailed as recently as the last decade of the twentieth century. Robert Litan and Hal Singer argue that given the speed of innovation in this sector, the Federal Communications Commission's outdated policies and rules are inhibiting investment in the telecom industry, specifically in fast broadband ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Financial Regulation in the Global Economy

    by Richard J. Herring, Robert E. Litan ...
    In recent years, the major industrialized nations have developed cooperative procedures for supervising banks, harmonized their standards for bank capital requirements, and initiated cooperative understanding about securities market supervision. This book assesses what further coordination and harmonization in financial regulation will be required in an era of increased globalization.A volume of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Growth with Equity

    Economic Policymaking for the Next Century

    by Gary Burtless, Martin Neil Baily, Robert E. Litan ...
    For nearly two decades the U.S. economy has been plagued by two disturbing economic trends: the slowdown in the growth rates of productivity and average real wages and the increase in wage and income inequality. The federal budget is in chronic deficit. Imports have far exceeded exports for more than a decade. American competitiveness has been a source of concern for even longer. Many Americans ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Future of American Banking

    by James R. Barth, Robert E. Litan, R.Dan Brumbaugh ...
    The future of American banking is in doubt and the industry and the federal insurance fund that helps support it are in turmoil. The ingredients of the turmoil have been simmering in public view since at least the early 1980s when commercial bank loans to lesser developed countries (LDCs) began to default. The difficulties began to boil at the end of the decade when the prospect first arose that ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Saving Free Trade

    A Pragmatic Approach

    by Robert Lawrence, Robert E. Litan ...
    American Supporters of free trade are on the defensive. Record U.S. trade deficits are fueling demands from industry, Congress, and the public for tariffs, import quotas, and other protectionist measures that could reverse America’s long-standing commitment to open markets and sacrifice much of the economic progress experienced in recent years. In Saving Free Trade: A Pragmatic Approach, Robert Z. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Down in the Dumps

    Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws

    Edited by Richard Boltuck, Robert E. Litan ...
    With the increasing integration of the major economies of the world, trade frictions have also increased. The Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, once scheduled for completion in December 1990, has been slowed over the issue of agricultural subsidies. The U.S.-Japanese trade relations have continued to be a source of friction between the two countries. At issue in all these disputes ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Liability Maze

    The Impact of Liability Law on Safety and Innovation

    Edited by Peter W. Huber, Robert E. Litan ...
    With an ever-increasing number of liability lawsuits, are corporations electing to play it safe rather than risk the uncertainties accompanying innovation? In The Liability Maze experts address the issues surrounding safety and innovation and present the most detailed and comprehensive study to date on the actual impact of U.S. liability law. In recent decades it has been widely assumed that ... Read more

    $23.99 USD