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
Imprint
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xiv, 380p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Preface: growing up in America. -- 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.
SUBJECT
Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States