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That Used to be us : : how America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and how we can Come Back

Friedman, Thomas L. Book - 2011 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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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 -- Whatever it is I'm against it -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374288907
0374288909

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mandelbaum, Michael.

SUBJECTS
Creative ability.
Education and state.
Information technology -- Social aspects.