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That used to be us : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back  Cover Image Book Book

That used to be us : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780374288907 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 0374288909 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: If you see something, say something -- Ignoring our problems -- Ignoring our history -- Up in the air -- Help wanted -- Homework x 2 = the American dream -- Average is over -- This is our due -- The war on math (and the future) -- The war on physics and on other good things -- The terrible twos -- The war between the parties -- Show me the money -- Devaluation -- 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

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