That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005LAF8QA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 297 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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That is all part of our past. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. They show how our history, when properly understood, provides the key to addressing them, and explain how the paralysis of our political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible for us to carry out the policies the country needs. That used to be us and can be again - if we will it.". America has a huge problem. What we need is not novel or foreign, but values, priorities, and practices embedded in our history and culture, applied time and again to propel us forward as a country. T
THERE'S NO TIME TO WAIT richard e whitelock What a marvelous book co-authored by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. America is truly at a cross roads in terms of our political influence world-wide. On the home front and over the past decades our nation has lost ground in terms of its economical and political. An excellent presentation of what is wrong and why, and what we really need to do to fix what is wrong. While it is very hard to contemplate what is necessary to fix the proposed problems America is facing with itself, thinking about my niece and nephews, and especially my grandchildren helps me to understand and accept that hard choices need to be made. Even if you don't. We used to value honesty Friedman and Mandelbaum stop short of placing blame primarily on corporate-controlled media and government. A major criticism - p. 31 - is lending credence to the idea that the financial collapse of 2008 was a "cyclical event."Otherwise, the rest of the work is fairly l