The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

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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. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman brilliantly demystifies the new flat world for listeners, making sense of the advances in technology and communications that challenge us to run even faster just to stay in place. For these updated and expanded editions, Friedman has added more hours of commentary, fresh stories and insights. New material includes:

• The reasons the flattening of the world “will be seen in time as one of those fundamental shifts or inflection points, like the invention of the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, or the Industrial Revolution”

• 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

• 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

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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Of course it explores market trends, social changes, employment and carreer shifts, international relationships and other relavent topics with equal understanding, research and depth. As an early Web developer, designer, HTML programmer and user of the Internet, I found Mr Friedman's extensive understanding and research in that area to be accurate and impressive. A good deal of this book then, for me, was simply an endorsement of my vision of the global impact of the World Wide Web. For those who are really trying to get a grasp on just exactly what this thing called the "Internet" is, how it works and it's impact on the present and the future, this IS the book. Beyond that, it deserves a place on the list of required reading for students preparing for entry into the workplace of the twenty-first century.

Arrived in excellent condition. Book was purchased as a supplement to a techie university class; it was good but not great. Great points but Freeman does not disclose all information - he sugar coats the circumstances of third world countries and is very one-sided with his analogies. Overall it's a great read if you remember to keep an open mind and look at the bigger picture that Freeman doesn't paint.

From outsourcing to Gates&Windows to fall fo Berlin wall. i stopped to read this book. the results is a chaotic rumbling about everyting and consequently about nothing. it's not well written. the author makes a big ambition: to summarize everything what happend in 20-21st century. It's a surface read without any too much dept content. However some might firnd inspiring ideas in int (tips from business and other peopel).

Great book. I had to read it for class but I found myself being drawn into the pages, wanting to read more.

Pros:- A lot of interesting facts and interviews/quotes- Material is well-organized- Not too dry for such a heavy subject, some relevant humor- Not without author's personal opinions, but overall rather objectiveCons:- Kind of watery and repetitive at timesPlease don't judge books by how an author's opinions contradict yours. I disagree with Thomas Friedman on some subjects depicted in this book, but that doesn't mean that it is poorly written or researched. It's just the matter of personal experience and perspective.Do his viewpoints seem idealistic and disconnected from reality. Sometimes.