Time to start thinking
Subtitle: America in the age of descent
By: Edward Luce
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, CA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780802120212
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic conditions; Political culture; Civilization; Education
Other titles: America in the age of descent
Description: Luce diagnoses factors behind the country's waning global leadership such as the shrinking middle class; an ineffective and flawed educational system; the stagnation of innovation in business and technology; a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy; the virulent polarization of national politics; and the damage caused by the influence of money in politics, along with endless campaigning. In the end, he assesses the prospects for change and offers a bleak outlook.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-[292]).
Table of contents: title: The graduations; title: The lonely middle : why America's middle class continues to hollow out; title: Leave no robot behind : why America's education system is still falling behind; title: The Golden Goose : why America's lead in innovation can no longer be taken for granted; title: Gulliver's travails : why bureaucracy is harming America's competitiveness; title: Against itself : why America is becoming less governable; title: Maybe we can't : why money continues to rule Washington; title: An exceptional challenge : why the coming struggle to halt America's decline faces long odds.