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That Used to Be Us
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That Used to Be Us (2011) (edit title/settings)

How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

by Thomas L. Friedman (Author), Michael Mandelbaum (Author) (edit contributors)

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Foreword by Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico What has gone wrong for America and what can we do about it? A precarious economy, the risk of global environmental catastrophe, a worldwide struggle over fossil fuel supplies, continuing threats from terrorists—these are just some of the... read more

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New York Times columnist Tomas Friedman 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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This is a book about America that begins in China.

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Preface: Growing Up in America

PART I: THE DIAGNOSIS
1. If You See Something, Say Something
2. Ignoring Our Problems
3. Ignoring Our History

PART II: THE EDUCATION CHALLENGE
4. Up in the Air
5. Help Wanted
6. Homework x 2 = The American Dream
7. Average Is Over

PART III: THE WAR ON MATH AND PHYSICS
8. "This Is Our Due"
9. The War on Math (and the Future)
10. The War on Physics and Other Good Things

PART IV: POLITICAL FAILURE
11. The Terrible Twos
12. "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"
13. Devaluation

PART V: REDISCOVERING AMERICA
14. They Just Didn't Get the Word
15. Shock Therapy
16. Rediscovering America

Acknowledgments
Index

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  1. Thomas L. Friedman (Author)
  2. Michael Mandelbaum (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 5, 2011
ISBN: 978-0374288907
Page Count: 400

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  • Library of Congress: BF408.F747 2011
  • Dewey: 320.60973

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