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Time to start thinking : America in the age of descent / Edward Luce.

America in the age of descent (portion title)

Luce, Edward, 1968- (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802120212
ISBN: 0802120210
Physical Description: vi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2012]
Distributor: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West.
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292).

Formatted Contents Note:

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.