Today is: 11 February, 2012
geopolitics
The book is flat
 | The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century author: Thomas L. Friedman rating:  asin: 0374292795 binding: Hardcover list price: $30.00 USD amazon price: $24.28 USD |
This book is Thomas L. Friedman's account of globalization and how it is has changed the world, or more specifically, how it has changed how business is done around the world.
This isn't a terrible book but it certainly does not deserve the hype and five star reviews I've seen it get elsewhere. Essentially the author has realized that we are increasingly interconnected these days and he picks 10 trends as causes for this interconnectedness. He then proceeds to provide his analysis of what this means economically and politically.
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