Time to start thinking : America and the spectre of decline / Edward Luce.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : Little, Brown, 2012وصف:vi, 291 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1408702762 (pbk)
- 9781408702765 (pbk)
- 1408702754
- 9781408702758
- United States -- Civilization -- 21st century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Education -- United States -- 21st century
- Political culture -- United States -- 21st century
- E169.12 L76 2012
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E169.12 L76 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011082361 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E169.12 L76 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011082344 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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
"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 outloo"--OLIS.