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That Should Still Be Us: How Thomas Friedman's Flat World Myths Are Keeping Us Flat on Our Backs

by Martin Sieff
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Chronicles the damage Thomas Friedman's flat wrong, Flat Earth ideas have caused to the American economy
As Martin Sieff convincingly argues, Thomas Friedman's prescriptions have played a major role in causing America's economic decline, yet many executives and politicians, including President Obama, still look to him as their guru. Sieff exposes Friedman fallacies on the nature of globalization, the information technology revolution, political paralysis in Washington, and energy consumption. He documents how China is investing far more in locking up the world's oil and gas reserves than in developing the ineffective green technologies Friedman claims they love. He exposes Friedman's most acclaimed ideas as retreads of naïve fantasies widely believed and exposed as useless a century ago.
  • Convincingly refutes Thomas Friedman's fantasies and many fallacies in his best-selling books, The World Is Flat and That Used to Be Us, and presents a radically different vision and road map for America's economy and its future
  • Offers a practical trade and energy strategy to restore American prosperity and industrial strength in the twenty-first century
  • Explains why America's economy will soon depend on producing low-carbon footprint natural gas, reviving its manufacturing sector, and protecting its industry from unfair foreign competition and artificially manipulated exchange rates
  • Written by veteran journalist Martin Sieff, a regular contributor to FoxNews.com and Chief Global Analyst at The Globalist Research Center

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Book details

Author
Martin Sieff
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Pages
224
Formats
Hardcover
Subjects
Political Science › Political Process › Political Advocacy
Business & Economics › Economic Conditions
Topics
globalization · American economic decline · political commentary · energy policy · China · green technology · political advocacy · information technology
ISBN-13
9781118197660

About the author

MARTIN SIEFF is a journalist and political analyst who has reported from more than 70 nations and covered 12 wars, holding roles as Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Times and Managing Editor, International Affairs and Chief News Analyst for United Press International. His recent books include That Should Still Be Us: How Thomas Friedman’s Flat World Myths Are Keeping Us Flat on Our Backs, Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationship Between the United States, China, and India and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East.

Sieff holds two degrees in Modern History from the University of Oxford, has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for international reporting, and has been a senior fellow at the American University in Moscow.

Martin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Format: Hardcover