That used to be us
Subtitle: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back
By: Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.
Contributors: Mandelbaum, Michael
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780374288907
Subjects: Creative ability; Education and state; Information technology
Description: Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: If you see something, say something; title: Ignoring our problems; title: Ignoring our history; title: Up in the air; title: Help wanted; title: Homework x 2 = the American dream; title: Average is over; title: This is our due; title: The war on math (and the future); title: The war on physics and on other good things; title: The terrible twos; title: The war between the parties; title: Show me the money; title: Devaluation; title: They just didn't get the word; title: Shock therapy; title: Rediscovering America