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That used to be us : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back / Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.

Friedman, Thomas L. (Author). Mandelbaum, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary:

Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374288907
  • ISBN: 0374288909
  • Physical Description: xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. The diagnosis. If you see something, say something ; Ignoring our problems ; Ignoring our history -- pt. 2. The education challenge. Up in the air ; Help wanted ; Homework x 2 = the American dream ; Average is over -- pt. 3. The war on math and physics. "This is our due" ; The war on math (and the future) ; The war on physics and on other good things -- pt. 4. Political failure. The terrible twos ; "Whatever it is, I'm against it" ; Devaluation -- pt. 5. Rediscovering America. They just didn't get the word ; Shock therapy ; Rediscovering America.
Subject:
Creative ability > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Information technology > Social aspects > United States.
Education and state.
Information technology > United States.

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