An edition of That used to be us
(2011)
That used to be us
how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back
by Thomas L. Friedman
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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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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 bestsellerPlaces
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Table of Contents
Preface: Growing up in America
The diagnosis. If you see something, say something ; Ignoring our problems ; Ignoring our history
The education challenge. Up in the air ; Help wanted ; Homework x 2 = the American dream ; Average is over
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
Political failure. The terrible twos ; "Whatever it is, I'm against it" ; Devaluation
Rediscovering America. They just didn't get the word ; Shock therapy ; Rediscovering America.
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Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
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