Exporting the Alaska Model : Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World (Hardcover)

Introduction Exporting an Idea; K.Widerquist & M.Howard PART I: EXPANSION OF THE MODEL USING EXISTING FUNDS AND DIVIDENDS The Iranian Resource Dividend; H.Tabatabai Overcoming Dividend Skepticism: Why the World's Sovereign Wealth Funds are Not Paying Dividends; A.Cummine Room for Improvement? Assessing the Strengths and Shortcomings of the Alaska Model in Advance of Export; A.Hartzok What Happens to the Permanent Fund Dividend and the Rest of Alaska's Unique Fiscal System as Oil Production Continues to Fall?; C.Groh PART II: WIDER APPLICATION OF THE MODEL Applying the Alaska model in a Resource-Poor State: The Example of Vermont; G.Flomenhoft A Worldwide Resource Dividend and its Effects on World Poverty; P.Segal Constituting the Commons: Oil and Development in Post-Independence South Sudan; J.Hickel Introduction to Chapter 9: Jay Sterner Hammond: Egalitarian philosopher, Alaska Governor; L.Smith The Ideal Solution: A Plan for Iraq?; J.Hammond A Cap on Carbon and a Basic Income: A Defensible Combination in the United States?; M.W.Howard A Permanent Endowment for the United States; K.Widerquist Exporting the Alaska Model to Alaska: How Big Could the Permanent Fund Be if the State Really Tried? And Can a Larger Fund Insulate an Oil-Exporter from the End of the Boom?; K.Widerquist PART III: A HYBRID PROPOSAL WITH COMMENTARY Citizens' Capital Accounts: A Proposal; K.Widerquist A Jubilee Tax for Citizens' Capital Accounts; M.W.Howard Widerquist on Citizens' Capital Accounts; J.Bernsten Freedom, Development and Oil: Citizens' Capital Accounts for Iraq; A.Banai Citizens' Capital Accounts: A Comment; C.L.Griffin, Jr Reply to Comments; K.Widerquist PART IV: CONCLUSION The Alaska Model as a Menu of Options; K.Widerquist & M.W.Howard