Reviving the American Dream : The Economy, the States, and the Federal Government

issues and would retain responsibility for programs requiring national uniformity. A primary federal job would be the reform of health care financing to ensure control of costs and to mandate basic insurance coverage for everyone.Published in the summer of 1992, Reviving the American Dream was read by presidential candidate Bill Clinton; by years end, President Clinton appointed its author, Alice Rivlin, as deputy budget director. Today, the ideal in Rivlins bookÂ-and Rivlin herselfÂ-are having an impact inside the administration.Selected as one of Choice magazines Outstanding Books of 1993 [Publisher's text]