That used to be us : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back / Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.
By: Friedman, Thomas L
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Contributor(s): Mandelbaum, Michael.
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011Edition: 1st ed.General Notes: Includes index.Description: xiv, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780374288907 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0374288909 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Creative ability -- United States | Education and state -- United States | Information technology -- Social aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 973.932 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 973.932 F914 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003735750 |
Includes index.
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 other good things -- The terrible twos -- Whatever it is, I'm against it -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.
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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