That Used to Be Us by Friedman, Thomas L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Notice Table of Contents Preface to the Paperback Edition: It’s Halftime in America Introduction: Growing Up in America PART I - THE DIAGNOSIS

ONE - If You See Something, Say Something

The National Watercooler Frustrated Optimists China, Again

TWO - Ignoring Our Problems

Anybody Around Here Know How to Write a Telegram? The Big Four The Stakes

THREE - Ignoring Our History

The Five Pillars of Prosperity The Formula Builders The Secret of Our Success Is Too Secret

PART II - THE EDUCATION CHALLENGE

FOUR - Up in the Air

The Merger Flat World 1.0 Flat World 2.0 Everyone Is Feeling the Pressure From St. Louis to New Delhi Creators and Servers Who Ate My Job?

FIVE - Help Wanted

White-Collar Indian White-Collar American Green-Collar American Blue-Collar American Every Collar, Every Color, Everywhere Carlson’s Law

SIX - Homework x 2 = The American Dream

We Have a “More” Problem Teachers and Principals Colorado, Here We Come No Teacher Is an Island Home Alone

SEVEN - Average Is Over

The Three C’s The Good News Creative Crimson Tide An Idealab Yes, And “I Kill Jobs”

PART III - THE WAR ON MATH AND PHYSICS

EIGHT - “This Is Our Due” NINE - The War on Math (and the Future)

Paint by Numbers Present at the Creation Young Republicans Hey, Big Spender The Return of Gravity

TEN - The War on Physics and Other Good Things

Honk If You Believe in Climate Change Honk If You Think Like Dick Cheney Of Science and Political Science Hot, Flat, and Crowded; Hungry, Thirsty, and Unstable

PART IV - POLITICAL FAILURE

ELEVEN - The Terrible Twos

If 2 Plus X Equals 4, What Is the Value of X? Bridges Brain Drain Million? You Must Mean Billion? No. Million! Rules Income Inequality Chasing the Losers Crazy Heart

TWELVE - “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It”

The Great Disjunction The Way We Were A Broken System Mount Rushmore Meet Me in the Lobby Show Me the Money Media Madness California, Here We Come

THIRTEEN - Devaluation

Jerry Maguire The Decline of Authority Service Envy

PART V - REDISCOVERING AMERICA

FOURTEEN - They Just Didn’t Get the Word

Far Too Dumb to Quit Ride, Mister? America’s All-Girl Navy Teach for America Tianjin Again Buffalo Bob A Hand Up, Not a Handout The Vision The Plan: The City Is the New Factory Hope in the American Dream

FIFTEEN - Shock Therapy

Why Shock Therapy? A Third Way to a New Way Imagine

SIXTEEN - Rediscovering America

ALSO BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN About the Author ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR - THAT USED TO BE US ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX Acknowledgments Index Thank You for Being Late Copyright Page