TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luce,Edward
TI  - Time to start thinking: America in the age of descent 
SN  - 9780802120212 (hbk.)
AV  - 002 E 169.12 L935t 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, [Berkeley, CA]
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
KW  - Primera Jornada de Catalogacion
KW  - Education
KW  - United States
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Civilización
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Políticas y gobierno
KW  - Condiciones sociales
KW  - Educación
KW  - Cultura política
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-[292]); 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
N2  - 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 outlook
ER  -