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Nov 22, 2016 with his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerationsif we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Friedman and michael mandelbaum analyze the four major. They published the book on september 5, 2011 in the united states. Its called that used to be us and in it, friedman and mandelbaum. Friedman and mandelbaum go very light on the programmatic details. Thomas friedman biography childhood, life achievements. The irony is that obamas state of the union address this year is a perfectly condensed version of that used to be us stripped of friedman s trademark clunky metaphors. Friedman and michael mandelbaum analyze the four major challenges we face as a countryglobalization, the revolution in information technology, chronic deficits, and our pattern of energy consumptionand spell out what we need to do now to preserve american power in the world.
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