In this brilliant book, an award-winning New York Times columnist explains how the flattening--i.e., connectedness--of the World happened at the dawn of the 21st century, what it means to the global economy, and how governments and societies must adapt.
The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree..
Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters--on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a Flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a World where we are all becoming publishers and public figures.
Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world.
In this new edition, Thomas L.
Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005.
Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal, the Nobel laureate Joseph E.
A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr.
In this brilliant book, an award-winning New York Times columnist explains how the flattening--i.e., connectedness--of the World happened at the dawn of the 21st century, what it means to the global economy, and how governments and societies must adapt
