That Used to Be Us
How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
by Thomas Friedman
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That Used to Be Us
“[We] just learned that China now has the fastest supercomputer on earth. That used to be us.”—President Barack Obama, November 3, 2010
Taking its title from President Obama’s quote, That Used to Be Us offers an urgent look at the four major challenges America is failing to meet—and upon which its future depends. Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges—globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation’s chronic deficits and its pattern of energy consumption—and spell out what we need to do now to rise to this moment.
The authors explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues. They show how the paralysis of our political system has made it impossible for us to carry out the policies the country needs. And they offer a way out of the trap into which the country has fallen, through the rediscovery of our most valuable traditions, and the creation of a new, third-party movement.
That Used to Be Us is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.
Hardcover : 400 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux ( September 05, 2011 )
Item #: 13-468352
ISBN: 9780374288907
Product Dimensions: 6.0 x 9.0 x 1.0inches
Product Weight: 19.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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