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what went wrong with America - and how it can come back

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An edition of That used to be us (2011)

That used to be us

what went wrong with America - and how it can come back

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America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. Here, the author analyses those challenges and spells out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess.

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Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
380

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Subjects
Creative ability, Education and state, Information technology, Technology, social aspects, Education, united states, Globalization, Energy consumption, Budget deficits, Civilization, Politics and government, Social aspects, Förenta staterna, Historia, Energieverbrauch, Globalisierung, Informationstechnik, Überschuldung, History, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2012-09-09, New York Times bestseller
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United States
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That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back
2012, Large Print Press/Gale,Cengage Learning
in English
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That Used To Be Us
Aug 21, 2012, Picador USA, Picador Paper
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
2011, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
Sep 05, 2011, Macmillan Audio
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
Sep 05, 2011, Macmillan Audio
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That used to be us: what went wrong with America - and how it can come back
2011, Little, Brown
in English
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Table of Contents

Preface : Growing up in America
Part I. The dialogue. If you see something, say something
Ignoring our problems
Ignoring our history
Part II. The education challenge. Up in the air
Help wanted
Homework x 2 = the American dream
Average is over
Part III. 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
Part IV. Political failure. The terrible twos
"Whatever it is, I'm against it"
Devaluation
Part V. Rediscoveribg America. They just didn't get the word
Shock therapy
Rediscovering America.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.92, 973.932
Library of Congress
BF408 .F747 2011b, E839.5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 380 pages
Number of pages
380

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32146883M
Internet Archive
thatusedtobeuswh0000frie_l3z6
ISBN 10
1408703580, 1408703599
ISBN 13
9781408703588, 9781408703595
OCLC/WorldCat
751716745

Work Description

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

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