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The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist gives a bold, timely, and surprising picture of the state of globalization in the twenty-first century
When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter “Y2K to March 2004,” what will theysay was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world’s two biggest nations, giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this “flattening” of the globe, which requires us to run faster in order to stay in place, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? In this brilliant new work, the award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world, allowing listeners to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. The World Is Flat is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.
When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter “Y2K to March 2004,” what will theysay was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world’s two biggest nations, giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this “flattening” of the globe, which requires us to run faster in order to stay in place, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? In this brilliant new work, the award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world, allowing listeners to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. The World Is Flat is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.
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- Edition: Unabridged
- ISBN-10: 1427200173
- ISBN-13: 9781427200174
- Publisher: Audio Renaissance
- Pub date: May 02, 2006
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Friedman takes you through a journey into the world of internet,outsouring, insourcing and everything else that makes the world as it is today.
This is a must read book for all executives especially those whom are involved in outsourcing. - Jeremy Kocourek
This is a must read book for all executives especially those whom are involved in outsourcing. - Aaron Kocourek
This is a wonderful book, but Friedman confounds the distinction between modernization and Westernization. The result is a rosier picture than justified. Reading this in conjunction with Huntington's CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS provides a more sober view of the world today.
This award winning book explains clearly to the layperson with convincing examples how interconnected the world is becoming and the tremendous advantages that exist to those who adapt to the leveling playing field. It also points out the risks to those who don't.
having been to india, tibet, china and few other places touched on in this book, i have to say Mr. Friedman's analysis of their market potential is way-off. although it makes sense if you think about globalization and outsourcing from a western, American sense (we have a stable middle class), when y ... Continue
having been to india, tibet, china and few other places touched on in this book, i have to say Mr. Friedman's analysis of their market potential is way-off. although it makes sense if you think about globalization and outsourcing from a western, American sense (we have a stable middle class), when you consider it from these places perspective, there is no way these current trends are making things more equal. shinny, happy stories about call centers and pleased workers aside, the billions of people in india or china will not reap the benefits. most of them, to this day, remain in abject poverty, poverty so bad, we cannot fathom it until we see it. most of outsourcing is with manufacturing, where conditions remain subhuman. the higher, educated classes getting call center and tech jobs already had it good. the outsourcing just makes it better (they no longer have to leave their country and travel to places like the U.S., which aided us, to find jobs). unfortunately, this is just propoganda thinly veiled in egalitarian hope. Mr. Friedman knows better.