| TIME TO START THINKING America in the Age of Descent Edward Luce New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2012 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-8021-2021-2 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-8021-2021-0 | 292pp. | HC | $26.00 | |
| Introduction: | The Graduations | 3 |
| The Lonely Middle: | Why America's Middle Class Continues to Hollow Out | 26 |
| Leave No Robot Behind: | Why America's Education System Is Still Falling Behind | 71 |
| The Golden Goose: | Why America's Lead in Innovation Can No Longer Be Taken for Granted | 100 |
| Gulliver's Travails: | Why Bureaucracy Is Harming America's Competitiveness | 138 |
| Against Itself: | Why America Is Becoming Less Governable | 176 |
| Maybe We Can't: | Why Money Continues to Rule Washington | 214 |
| An Exceptional Challenge: | Why the Coming Struggle to Halt America's Decline Faces Long Odds | 252 |
| Acknowledgements | 283 | |
| Notes | 285 | |
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