The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Hardcover

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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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"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times, reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. For this updated and expanded edition, Friedman has seen his own book in a new way, bringing fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. New material includes:

· The reasons why the flattening of the world "will be seen in time as one of those fundamental shifts or inflection points, like Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, or the Industrial Revolution"

· An explanation of "uploading" as one of the ten forces that are flattening the world, as blogging, open-source software, pooled knowledge projects like Wikipedia, and podcasting enable individuals to bring their experiences and opinions to the whole world

· A mapping of the New Middle--the places and spaces in the flat world where
middle-class jobs will be found--and portraits of the character types who will find success as New Middlers

·An account of the qualities American parents and teachers need to cultivate in young people so that they will be able to thrive in the flat world

·A call for a government-led "geo-green" strategy to preserve the environment and natural resources

·An account of the "globalization of the local": how the flattening of the world is actually strengthening local and regional identities rather than homogenizing the world

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THE WORLD IS FLAT is Thomas Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communication 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. Release 3.0 features two new chapters of fresh reporting and commentary, drawn from Friedman's travels internationally and across the American heartland- from places where the flattening of the world is changing the way we live most dramatically.

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  • PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 0374292787
  • ISBN 13 9780374292782
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number3
  • Number of pages672
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