WORLD IS FLAT : Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Friedman, Thomas L
WORLD IS FLAT : Brief History of the Twenty-First Century - 1 - London Penguin Books 2006 - 593
The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization – a ‘flattening’ of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal – and competitor – of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever – but does this ‘death of distance’, which requires us all to run faster in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and too flat too fast for us to adjust? Friedman brilliantly demystifies the exciting, often bewildering, global scene unfolding before our eyes, one which we sense but barely yet understand. The World is Flat is the most timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and its discontents, powerfully illuminated by a world-class writer.
9780141022727
Gifted Sudhakar, 7045818418
Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Social processes
Social change
Causes of change
Development of science and technology
Communication
303.4833 / FRI/WO
WORLD IS FLAT : Brief History of the Twenty-First Century - 1 - London Penguin Books 2006 - 593
The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization – a ‘flattening’ of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal – and competitor – of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever – but does this ‘death of distance’, which requires us all to run faster in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and too flat too fast for us to adjust? Friedman brilliantly demystifies the exciting, often bewildering, global scene unfolding before our eyes, one which we sense but barely yet understand. The World is Flat is the most timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and its discontents, powerfully illuminated by a world-class writer.
9780141022727
Gifted Sudhakar, 7045818418
Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Social processes
Social change
Causes of change
Development of science and technology
Communication
303.4833 / FRI/WO