# Dean Peter Henry on what the US can learn from third-world countries and his new book, "Turnaround"

1 Faculty News March 26, 2013 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from the [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/to-grow-should-us-look-to-third-world/2013/03/26/0a3d0d82-962c-11e2-9e23-09dce87f75a1_story.html) -- “'The one big lesson is, it can be done,' [Henry](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-henry) said. 'You can get to yes. You can turn things around.'”

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