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020 _a9781408702758
082 0 4 _a973.93
_bLUC/T
100 1 _aLuce, Edward
245 1 0 _aTime to start thinking : America and the spectre of decline
260 _aLondon :
_bLittle, Brown,
_c2012.
300 _avi, 291 p. ;
520 _aLanguage:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2012-5-1 Pages: 291 Publisher: Little Brown UK On its present course. the US faces a world of rising newcountries that will compete with it ever more fiecely as its ownpower is declining In order to slow and. . improve this steadyleakage of power. the US must change course internationally. economically and domestically It must also restructure to remainthe worlds most competitive economy And it must address qualityof life issues and fairness at home But American politics isbroken -.. competing forces and interests have led to stasis. Withchange so tough. where now for a country where the middle classesare suffering as they have never suffered before. the pensionscrisis is growing. the deficit out of sight. and radicalism waitingin the wings
650 0 _aEducation
650 0 _aPolitical culture
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