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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: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 380 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780374288907 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.932 23
LOC classification:
  • BF408 .F747 2011
Contents:
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 on other good things -- The terrible twos -- The war between the parties -- Show me the money -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.

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 on other good things -- The terrible twos -- The war between the parties -- Show me the money -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.

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