Introduction / Ganesh Sitaraman & Anne Alstott -- More than meets the eye : government social provision and the politics of "public options" / Mallory SoRelle & Suzanne Mettler -- The entrpreneurial state : socializing risks and rewards / Mariana Mazzucato & Henry Lishi Li -- Challenges in designing equitable public options / Anne Alstott & Ganesh Sitaraman -- What about private options / Jon D. Michaels -- The original - and still the best? : the health insurance public option and the politics of social reform / Jacob S. Hacker -- The irony of health care's public option / Allison K. Hoffman -- Promoting quality and equality through a public option in early childhood education and care / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Revamping public energy / Shelley Welton -- A public option in banking : postal banking / Mehrsa Baradaran