The World Is Flat

By Thomas L. Friedman

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

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.