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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century | ![The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410FGAGYGPL._SL160_.jpg) | Author: Thomas L. Friedman Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Category: Book
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ISBN: 0374292795 Dewey Decimal Number: 330.90511 EAN: 9780374292799 ASIN: 0374292795
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Amazon.com Review Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to. What Friedman means by "flat" is "connected": the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. This in itself should not be news to anyone. But the news that Friedman has to deliver is that just when we stopped paying attention to these developments--when the dot-com bust turned interest away from the business and technology pages and when 9/11 and the Iraq War turned all eyes toward the Middle East--is when they actually began to accelerate. Globalization 3.0, as he calls it, is driven not by major corporations or giant trade organizations like the World Bank, but by individuals: desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world (but especially in India and China) who can compete--and win--not just for low-wage manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design work as well. (He doesn't forget the "mutant supply chains" like Al-Qaeda that let the small act big in more destructive ways.) Friedman has embraced this flat world in his own work, continuing to report on his story after his book's release and releasing an unprecedented hardcover update of the book a year later with 100 pages of revised and expanded material. What's changed in a year? Some of the sections that opened eyes in the first edition--on China and India, for example, and the global supply chain--are largely unaltered. Instead, Friedman has more to say about what he now calls "uploading," the direct-from-the-bottom creation of culture, knowledge, and innovation through blogging, podcasts, and open-source software. And in response to the pleas of many of his readers about how to survive the new flat world, he makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he thinks will be required to compete in the "New Middle" class. As before, Friedman tells his story with the catchy slogans and globe-hopping anecdotes that readers of his earlier books and his New York Times columns know well, and he holds to a stern sort of optimism. He wants to tell you how exciting this new world is, but he also wants you to know you're going to be trampled if you don't keep up with it. A year later, one can sense his rising impatience that our popular culture, and our political leaders, are not helping us keep pace. --Tom Nissley Where Were You When the World Went Flat? Thomas L. Friedman's reporter's curiosity and his ability to recognize the patterns behind the most complex global developments have made him one of the most entertaining and authoritative sources for information about the wider world we live in, both as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and as the author of landmark books like From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. They also make him an endlessly fascinating conversation partner, and we've now had the chance to talk to him about The World Is Flat twice. Read our original interview with him following the publication of the first edition of The World Is Flat to learn why there's almost no one from Washington, D.C., listed in the index of a book about the global economy, and what his one-plank platform for president would be. (Hint: his bumper stickers would say, "Can You Hear Me Now?") And now you can listen to our second interview, in which he talks about the updates he's made in "The World Is Flat 2.0," including his response to parents who said to him, "Great, Mr. Friedman, I'm glad you told us the world is flat. Now what do I tell my kids?" The Essential Tom Friedman !-- begin3pak --> From Beirut to Jerusalem | The Lexus and the Olive Tree | Longitudes and Attitudes | !-- end6pak --> More on Globalization and Development China, Inc. by Ted Fishman | Three Billion New Capitalists by Clyde Prestowitz | The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs |  Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz |  The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli |  The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto |
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The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before—creating an explosion of wealth in India and China, and challenging the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in place. This updated and expanded edition features more than a hundred pages of fresh reporting and commentary, drawn from Friedman’s travels around the world and across the American heartland—from anyplace where the flattening of the world is being felt.
In The World Is Flat, Friedman at once shows “how and why globalization has now shifted into warp drive†(Robert Wright, Slate) and brilliantly demystifies the new flat world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, he 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; how governments and societies can, and must, adapt; and why terrorists want to stand in the way. More than ever, The World Is Flat is an essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.
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A must read. March 11, 2010 Michael Poore (Hilo, Hawaii) The author has some unique insights to share in some large part because of the access he has to almost anyone in the world he might like to interview. The book is well written, interesting and though provoking. I have been using it as assigned reading in my freshman economics classes.
Extremely pleased. March 10, 2010 Robert L. Hughes (Ellijay, GA) I recently purchased the book, "The World Is Flat 3.0" Ordered a used book, but what I received was a new book, spine not even creased. Only a slight mark on the edge of the pages. I recommend this book, and dealer, to anybody wanting to learn how the world is changing so quickly.
Flat is Good - according to Friedman March 8, 2010 Avals Sher (FL, USA) After more than a thousand reviews, the best I can do is offer my take on the book. While the book is great for a person who is completely unfamiliar with globalization or wants a summary of Friedman's views on it and the world, the book is of little value to a person who keeps up with the world around him/her. If you are a person who is aware of what is going on the world today, then this book will appear to be too indulgent towards China and India with the troubling tendency of generalizing. Friedman generalizes, for example, regarding important cultural and economic aspects to globolization in many parts of the world. While he notes that cultural role in globalization is seldom mentioned in regards to its impact in rise and fall of nations, he then proceeds to use culture to generalize regarding Chinese, Indian, Mexican, etc. economies. It's always dangerous to generalize, especially when one writes about a subject as sensitive as a country's culture leading to greater or lesser prosperity. While on the surface, pun intended, Friedman's examination seems to make sense, it really falls flat when one realizes that while the world may be growing ever closer together, the cultural diversity and inter-country complexity cannot be summed up with nice generalizations and by tours made for a receptive American journalist ready to glorify anything he is shown. The book could very easily be re-titled "Why China is Great!" or "Why Authoratitive Governments Work and Democracies Fail." Just recently, in September of 2009, Friedman wrote an article praising China's one-party autocracy, saying that it was "led by a reasonably enlightened group of people" and that China's leaders are "boosting gasoline prices" and "overtaking us in electric cars, solar power, energy efficiency, batteries, nuclear power and wind power." When asked if he had "China envy" during a Fresh Dialogues interview, Friedman replied, "You detect the envy of someone who wants his own government to act democratically with the same effectiveness that China can do autocratically." Such talk may be fine, if Friedman was actually an accomplished economist or provided a balanced view of China's successes and faults. Instead, Friedman brushes China's currency concerns and represiveness (among other things) aside with a unbismirched praise. Same is true for India, which albeit the world's largest democracy, still has people occupying untouchable castes. Praise these countries if you will, but acting like a school boy who just had a wet dream is quite another matter. The world is flat is a nice metaphore, but politics and economy is not flat or simple and Friedman's attempts to make it so makes the book an overbearing read. While Friedman may have multiple Pulitzers, these are for his short articles, definetly not his book (and two of his Pulitzers are over 20 years old). And besides Friemdan got his BA in Mediterranean studies and master in Middle Eastern studies. Not something that would lend one to so brashly make economic and cultural pronouncements on a large swaths of global populations. His wife may be a graduate of Stanford University and the London School of Economics, but he is quite obviously not his wife. While many of Friedman's points are right on the money, e.g., making U.S. start moving forward as far as educational reforms, he takes too many liberties with socio-economic analysis of other nations.
an excellent guide to the phenomenon of globalization with broad coverage and helpful examples March 5, 2010 whj 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book very informative about understanding the phenomenon of globalization (from command/control to connect/collaborative world) and its impact on our lives on multiple levels--not limited to economy but also on geopolitics, culture, humanity and education etc. His numerous examples, such as Walmart, UPS, and uses of his personal experiences and his vast travels are also very helpful to somebody like me with limited knowledge about business and technology. There are many reasons for celebration and many for worries and concerns, such as American complacency in education, and the sense of entitlement in youth culture. He ends the book with the fundamental importance of individual choices on the subject of, and causes for imagination.
A Keeper February 15, 2010 Alexander (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this book for my grad school, but after reading it - it's an ultimate keeper. Tells you what globalization is, some glances in history, reveals what really ebay and walmart do,offshoring and outsourcing and so on. The book is full of interesting facts about all kinds of events that made the world so flat.
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