TY  - GEN
AU  - Friedman,Thomas L.
AU  - Mandelbaum,Michael
TI  - That used to be us: what went wrong with America - and how we can come back 
SN  - 9781408703595 (pbk.)
AV  - BF 408 F911th 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Little, Brown, 
KW  - Habilidad creativa
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Educación y Estado
KW  - Tecnología de la información
N1  - Includes index; Preface : Growing up in America
Part I. The dialogue. If you see something, say something
Ignoring our problems
Ignoring our history
Part II. The education challenge. Up in the air
Help wanted
Homework x 2 = the American dream
Average is over
Part III. The war on math and physics. This is our due
The war on math (and the future)
The war on physics and on other good things
Part IV. Political failure. The terrible twos
"Whatever it is, I'm against it"
Devaluation
Part V. Rediscoveribg America. They just didn't get the word
Shock therapy
Rediscovering America
N2  - America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. Here, the author analyses those challenges and spells out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess
ER  -