In this far-ranging and provocative volume, Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah provide global perspectives on the most significant challenges facing modern America, seeking to inspire new ideas to redevelop America.

Jesper Berg, Nykredit, DenmarkSérgio Besserman Vianna, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTomris Cesuroglu, Maastricht University, NetherlandsJoe Colombano (Editor), United NationsKevin Currey, anthropologist and independent researcherBill Drayton, social entrepreneur Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, USAThomas Held, consultant, project manager, and regular columnist and keynote speaker in Zurich, SwitzerlandFelix Hüfner, OECD Economics DepartmentSimon Ingold, Nomura International Plc, Zurich, SwitzerlandSudarshan Iyengar, Gujarat VidyapithSteve Killelea, Institute for Economics and PeaceAbraham Kim, Korea Economic Institute (KEI)Caroline Klein, OECD Economics DepartmentKristiina Kumpulainen, Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) Timo Lankinen, Office of the Prime Minister of Finland Christian Madsbjerg, New York office of ReD AssociatesFelix Martin, Institute for New Economic ThinkingZachary Michaelson, New York University, USANashid Nabian, Arsh Design Studio Morten Baekmand Nielsen, Nykredit, Denmark Mila Rosenthal, human rights advocate Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA B. Serdar Sava?, Public Health Genomics and Personalized Medicine Society in TurkeyAniket Shah (Editor), Investec Asset Management Camilla Schippa, United Nations Office for PartnershipsPrabhjot Singh, Columbia University, USA Robert Skidelsky, Warwick University, UKWhitneyHaring-Smith, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Emma Torres, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Karma Ura, Centre for Bhutanese Studies (CBS), Bhutan Andreas Wörgötter, Economics Department of OECD Ning Zhu, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, China

1. Foreword: Jeffrey Sachs 2. Introduction: A New Approach to Redevelop America; Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah PART I: MACROECONOMIC CHALLENGES 3. Global Financial Integration, China, and the Role of America; Ning Zhu 4. A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and other Advanced Countries; Jeffrey Frankel 5. Breaking Through on Job Creation; Bill Drayton 6. Taming Deficits: Automatic Debt Breaks and Participatory Democracy in Switzerland; Thomas Held and Simon Ingold PART II: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICY TOOLS 7. The German Labor Market in the Great Recession: Lessons for Other Countries; Felix Hüfner, Andreas Wörgötter and Caroline Klein 8. A New Housing Finance System for the US? Lessons from the Danish Model; Morten Baekmand Nielsen and Jesper Berg 9. For a National Investment Bank; Robert Skidelsky and Felix Martin PART III: INFRASTRUCTURE, INNOVATION, AND COMPETITIVENESS 10. Boosting Export Growth: Lessons from Korea; Abraham Kim and Whitney Haring-Smith 11. Smart Cities, Smart US: International Models; Nashid Nabian 12. Brazil: An Emerging Economic Power Committed to Sustainability; Emma Torres, Sérgio Besserman Vianna and Kevin Currey PART IV: SOCIAL POLICIES 13. Health for America: European Arguments for a Paradigm Shift; B. Serdar Sava? and Tomris Cesuroglu 14. Closing the Health Gap: Lessons from Africa; Prabhjot Singh 15. National Education Policy and Programs: Insights from Finland; Timo Lankinen and Kristiina Kumpulainen 16. For a Human Rights Approach to Health and Housing: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands; Mila Rosenthal 17. What Has Caused America's Economic Inequality and What Does It Mean for America's Future?; Zachary Michaelson PART V: POLICY AND VALUES 18. The Listening State; Christian Madsbjerg 19. The Economic Opportunity of Improving Peace in the United States; Steve Killelea and Camilla Schippa 20. Individual Freedom in a Gandhian Perspective; Sudarshan Iyengar 21. Dialogue on the Destinies of Nations; KarmaUra Conclusion 22. The America We Want; Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah