TY - BOOK AU - Alden,Edward H. TI - Failure to adjust: how Americans got left behind in the global economy SN - 9781442272606 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HF3031 .A598 2016 U1 - 382/.30973 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - United States KW - Commerce KW - Commercial policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Economic policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The end of the world's greatest autarky -- Confronting the competition: the limitations of trade policy -- Confronting the competition: how a strong dollar has hurt -- Investment: the winners and the losers from offshoring -- Helping the losers: the tragedy of trade adjustment assistance -- Tiger moms and failing schools : the competitive challenge at home -- How to think about economic competitiveness -- A strategy for competing in a globalized world ER -