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

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Tom Friedman - This individual is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and a foreign correspondent for the New York Times.

Ronald Reagan - It was in the 1980s during the administration of this United States President that deficit spending began to get out of control and to adversely impact America's economy.

Richard Nixon - This was the first United States President to abandon the gold standard and engage in deficit spending.

George H. W. Bush - This United States President had to break his promise of no new taxes because...
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