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“john merrifield”

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  • Unproductive School Choice Debates

    All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, or Irrelevant

    by Nathan Gray, John Merrifield ...
    The book explains why we desperately need an “Open Education Industry.” It clearly defines the term, and the confusion about what can/should be done to improve schooling outcomes, and why over 30 years of efforts to improve schooling outcomes has left all 51 US school systems far short of what is needed to engage all schoolchildren in high value instruction. Because of past education failures, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • New Perspectives on State Government Fiscal Challenges

    by Barry W. Poulson, John Merrifield, James Broughel, Chris Edwards, Erick M. Elder, Olivia Gonzalez, Jeremy Horpedahl, Dwight Lee, Veronica Lucero0, Matthew Mitchell1, Anne Philpot2, Thurston Powers3, Jonathan Riches4, Thomas Savidge5, Austill Stuart6, Diana W. Thomas7, Michael D. Thomas8, Gary A. Wagner9, Randall G. Holcombe0 ...
    In this book on new fiscal approaches, nineteen experts examine topics ranging from constitutional reform and debt fatigue to fiscal rules and zero-based budgeting. Together, these contributions inform a multifaceted, nuanced argument for the need to formalize spending restraint and redefine state debt to include unfunded liabilities. Scholars will find the book useful as a reference tool ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Public Debt Sustainability

    International Perspectives

    by Xavier Debrun, Pablo Guidotti, Lars Jonung, Carlos Newland, Emilio Ocampo, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Steve H. Hanke, Fredrik Ng Andersson, Charles Paul Blahous0, James C. Capretta1, Vera Z. Eichenauer2, Lars P. Feld3, Norbert J. Michel4, Wolf Heinrich Reuter5, Thomas R. Saving6, Kurt Couchman7, John Merrifield8, Barry Poulson0 ...
    As countries recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they are confronted with an even more challenging debt crisis. Xavier Debrun argues in the foreword that in deciding where we go from here that there is no longer a consensus regarding the optimum design and enforcement of fiscal rules. Rather we must address a series of questions and challenges to the conventional wisdom. This book provides an ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Restoring Sustainable Macroeconomic Policies in the United States

    by Barry W. Poulson, John Merrifield ...
    Slowing economic growth and debt fatigue continue to hamper fiscal policy in the United States. The question is whether there is an alternative path to the one projected in CBO long term forecasts, and if so, how citizens can choose this alternative path. The experiences of Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland reveal that an alternative path of sustainable debt is possible, and that citizens in a ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Restoring America's Fiscal Constitution

    by John Merrifield, Barry W. Poulson ...
    Restoring America’s Fiscal Constitution estimates the potential impact of new fiscal rules on the U.S. economy over the next two decades. The new rules would require a cyclically balanced budget and an expenditure limit. The study shows that over the forecast period, the budget could be balanced and the total debt-to-GDP ratio reduced to the 60 percent tolerance level under this scheme, but this ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • School Choices

    True and False

    by John Merrifield ...
    The school choice movement has gained political momentum in recent years, with programs having been established in Milwaukee, Florida, Texas, and elsewhere. But today’s programs are nothing like the "free market in education" proposed four decades ago by the early proponents of school choice.Economist John Merrifield shows that the "school choice" movement has become mired in false alternatives, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Fiscal Cliff

    New Perspectives on the U.S. Federal Debt Crisis

    Edited by John Merrifield, Barry Poulson ...
    "'A Fiscal Cliff' is precisely the right book for perilous fiscal times. Giants in economics and public policy offer a spirited defense of fiscal rules critically needed to protect our children and grandchildren from a bleak future."-Richard K. Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Ohio UniversityThe unsustainable, and still rapidly growing, U.S. federal government debt is a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • School System Reform

    How and Why is a Price-less Tale

    by John Merrifield ...
    This book identifies root causes of persistently disappointing classroom outcomes, identifies the policy root causes of the classroom causes of Nation at Risk, persistently low school system performance, and then lays out a strategy for identifying the key elements of a high-performing school system, and then achieving their implementation. A discussion forum for each chapter is at www ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Can the Debt Growth Be Stopped?

    Rules-Based Policy Options for Addressing the Federal Fiscal Crisis

    by Barry W. Poulson, John Merrifield ...
    This book explores new fiscal rules introduced in OECD countries and the relevance of fiscal rules for the unique fiscal policies and institutions in the United States. The rules in different countries are compared, with a more in depth analysis of two countries with arguably the most successful fiscal rules—Switzerland and Sweden. The study compares the challenge of fiscal consolidation facing ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The School Choice Wars

    by John Merrifield ...
    What does the term 'school choice' mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies the proposals in existence today, defining the key concepts related to choice. Arguing for a ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

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    Strategic Foundations for Volatile Times

    Edited by Charles Conteh, Thomas J. Greitens, David K. Jesuit, Ian Roberge ...
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  • The Death and Life of the Great American School System

    How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

    by Diane Ravitch ...
    An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education expertsIn this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch ... Read more

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