. . . Mr. Itzkoff places most of the blame for America's alleged
intellectual decline on what he sees as an economically and
intellectually elite cast of misguided liberals. They have isolated
themselves from American society, he says, by their paternalistic
treatment of the underclass, by discounting the importance of
traditional family values and by failing to raise enough bright
children to sustain national competence. The New York Times Book
Review Few doubt that the United States has slipped from its
longstanding eminence as the world's wealthiest and most productive
nation. The problem for the past 30 years has been the diagnosis of
both the decline and then the cure. Literally trillions of dollars
have been expended in futile programs to stanch the hemorrhaging of
our economic wealth, jobs, educational achievement, and cultural
elan. Itzkoff argues that we will never stop the fall until we
understand our real national dilemma. This is the decline in our
national intelligence profile: fewer citizens of high intelligence,
educational potential, and economic productivity. These ideas are
taboo. Itzkoff, however, insists that these are the facts, and they
must be examined. In this book, he lays out the available evidence
for our social disintegration and suggests a rational program of
policy initiatives that would begin to restore us to what we were
as recently as 1955--the great hope of the world.
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 1994 |
| First published: |
November 1994 |
| Authors: |
Seymour W. Itzkoff
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-275-95229-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
0-275-95229-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780275952297 |
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