Part I. Understanding the public option: The failure of privatization -- How the public option promotes opportunity and competition -- The theory of the public option -- Caveats and counterarguments -- Part II. The history of the public option: Social security and other successes -- Mixed...

The campaign for a federal fleet corporation -- The creation of the federal land banks -- Municipalities struggle to meet new needs -- The truncated career of autonomous federal agencies -- The federal government promotes public authorities -- Public authorities since the Second World War --...