Includes bibliographical references and index.

An agenda for the nation / Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay, and Pietro S. Nivola -- Sustaining U.S. economic growth / J. Bradford Delong, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence F. Katz -- American inequality and its consequences / Gary Burtless and Christopher Jencks -- Budget blues : the fiscal outlook and options for reform / Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, Peter R. Orszag, Samara R. Potter -- Health and medical care / Victor R. Fuchs and Alan M. Garber -- Private pensions : issues and options / William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag -- Changing faces : immigrants and diversity in the twenty-first century / James M. Lindsay and Audrey Singer -- Energy and environmental policy / Howard Gruenspecht and Paul P. Portney -- Power and cooperation : an American foreign policy for the age of global politics / Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay -- A global economic agenda for the United States / Lael Brainard and Robert Litan -- Military policy : getting the best bang for the bucks / Michael O'Hanlon -- The new terrorism / Steven Simon -- Rights, liberties, and security / Stuart Taylor -- Can the government be serious? / Pietro S. Nivola -- Reflections on the political context / James Q. Wilson.