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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | February 7, 2001
10 Big Ideas: A New Democrat Agenda For Governing

WINTER 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE
by Peter Ross Range

10 Big Ideas

10 BIG IDEAS FOR THE NEW CENTURY
by The Editors
Democrats in the opposition must propose progressive alternatives for solving America's problems.

THE NEW GROWTH ECONOMICS
by Robert D. Atkinson
How to boost living standards through technology, skills, innovation, and competition. Plus:

THE NEW THREE R'S OF EDUCATION
by Andrew Rotherham
Putting results and accountability at the top of the agenda will drive performance up. Plus:

A NEW MEDICARE FOR THE NEW ECONOMY
by Jeff Lemieux
The boomers are coming. It's time to modernize the system.

COVERING THE UNINSURED
by David Kendall, Jeff Lemieux, and S. Robert Levine, MD
Ways to make health insurance available and affordable to 43 million Americans.

SAVING FOR RETIREMENT
by Jeff Lemieux
Using tax credits to boost private savings.

MAKING WORK PAY
by Will Marshall
Welfare reform helped people get jobs. Now we need to make sure they can earn a living from their work. Plus:

WHY IT'S TIME TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE MILITARY
by James R. Blaker and Steven J. Nider
If we don't speed up the shift to a modernized, fully wired military, hostile powers could use information technology to counter our dominance in conventional forces.

LICENSE TO INNOVATE
by Debra S. Knopman
An agenda to modernize the tools of environmental protection. Plus:

CRIME STORY: THE DIGITAL AGE
by John D. Cohen, Adam Gelb, and Robert Wasserman
Harnessing new technologies to community policing. Plus:

THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS: WHY THE UNITED STATES MUST TAKE THE LEAD
by Jenny Bates
Without aggressive leadership, the United States may lose out in the competition for Latin American markets.

Postscript

A NEW DEMOCRAT TAX CUT
by Jeff Lemieux
Six questions we should ask.