Title:
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.
Author:
Friedman, Thomas L.
Mandelbaum, Michael.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Call Number:
BF408 .F747 2011
Abstract:
Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780374288907
Physical Description:
xiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
pt. I. The diagnosis : If you see something, say something ; Ignoring our problems ; Ignoring our history -- pt. II. The education challenge : Up in the air ; Help wanted ; Homework x 2 = the American dream ; Average is over -- pt. III. The war on math and physics : This is our due ; The war on math (and the future) ; The war on physics and other good things -- pt. IV. Political failure : The terrible twos ;-- "Whatever it is, I'm against it" ; Devaluation -- pt. V. Rediscovering America : They just didn't get the word ; Shock therapy ; Rediscovering America.
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