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Inthisbrilliantnewbook,theaward-winningNewYorkTimescolumnistThomasFriedmandemystifiesthebravenewworldforreaders,allowingthemtomakesenseoftheoftenbewilderingglobalsceneunfoldingbeforetheireyes.Withhisinimitableabilitytotranslatecomplexforeignpolicyandeconomicissues,Friedmanexplainshowtheflatteningoftheworldhappenedatthedawnofthetwenty-firstcentury;whatitmeanstocountries,companies,communities,andindividuals;andhowgovernmentsandsocietiescan,andmust,adapt.TheWorldIsFlatisthetimelyandessentialupdateonglobalization,itssuccessesanddiscontents,powerfullyilluminatedbyoneofourmostrespectedjournalists.
Whenscholarswritethehistoryoftheworldtwentyyearsfromnow,andtheycometothechapterY2KtoMarch2004,whatwilltheysaywasthemostcrucialdevelopment?TheattacksontheWorldTradeCenteron9/11andtheIraqwar?OrtheconvergenceoftechnologyandeventsthatallowedIndia,China,andsomanyothercountriestobecomepartoftheglobalsupplychainforservicesandmanufacturing,creatinganexplosionofwealthinthemiddleclassesoftheworld'stwobiggestnations,givingthemahugenewstakeinthesuccessofglobalization?Andwiththisflatteningoftheglobe,whichrequiresustorunfasterinordertostayinplace,hastheworldgottentoosmallandtoofastforhumanbeingsandtheirpoliticalsystemstoadjustinastablemanner?
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