That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Summary
Thomas Friedman

That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Summary

"That Used to Be Us," by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, subtitled, "How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back," describes the current state of deterioration in which America finds itself. The authors first describe the current state of America. They explain what is wrong and what has been abandoned from what we used to be. They describe how America was the beacon...

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