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Nov 02, 2011 that used to be us is a great primer on what could be done with our political and economic systems in order to make america great again. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet themand if we delay any longer, soon it will be too late for us to pass along the american dream to future generations. He is a threetime pulitzer prize winner who is a weekly columnist for the new york times. May 29, 2014 summary that used to be us how america fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back 1.
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