Time to start thinking : America in the age of descent / Edward Luce.
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TextPublication details: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 291 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780802120212 (hbk.)
- 0802120210 (hbk.)
- America in the age of descent
- Primera Jornada de Catalogacion
- United States -- Civilization -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Education -- United States -- 21st century
- Political culture -- United States -- 21st century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Estados Unidos -- Civilización -- Siglo XXI
- Estados Unidos -- Políticas y gobierno -- Siglo XXI
- Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- Siglo XXI
- Educación -- Estados Unidos -- Siglo XXI
- Cultura política -- Estados Unidos -- Siglo XXI
- 002 E 169.12 L935t 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-[292])
The graduations -- The lonely middle : why America's middle class continues to hollow out -- Leave no robot behind : why America's education system is still falling behind -- The Golden Goose : why America's lead in innovation can no longer be taken for granted -- Gulliver's travails : why bureaucracy is harming America's competitiveness -- Against itself : why America is becoming less governable -- Maybe we can't : why money continues to rule Washington -- An exceptional challenge : why the coming struggle to halt America's decline faces long odds.
Luce diagnoses factors behind the country's waning global leadership such as the shrinking middle class; an ineffective and flawed educational system; the stagnation of innovation in business and technology; a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy; the virulent polarization of national politics; and the damage caused by the influence of money in politics, along with endless campaigning. In the end, he assesses the prospects for change and offers a bleak outlook.
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