The World Is Flat

By Thomas L. Friedman

Subjects: Mondialisation, Pays développés, 303.48/33, Globalização (aspectos socioeconômicos), Politieke aspecten, Diffusion of Innovation, Social aspects of Globalization, Class of 1953, Société de l'information, Sociedade da informação, Hm 846 f734 2007, Mudança social (motivos), Economische aspecten, Information society, Diffusion of innovations, Aspect social, Internationale orde, Globalization--economic aspects, world economics, Futurologie, Hm846 .f74 2007, Aspects économiques, Diffusion, Globalization, politics, 89.70 international relations: general, Internet, Innovations, Globalisierung, Economic aspects of Globalization, Zukunft, Globalization--social aspects, Whitman College, Sociaal-economische aspecten, Diffusion des innovations, Internationalisatie, New Economy, Memorial bookplates, Internationale politiek, Technologies de l'information et de la communication, Aspects sociaux, Large type books, Pays en développement, Information Dissemination, Géopolitique, Inovações tecnológicas, Economic aspects, Société informatisée, Social aspects

Description: When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, and giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this "flattening" of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.