“Nicely sums up the explosion of digital-technology advances during the past 15 years and places the phenomenon in its global context… never shrinks from the biggest problems and the thorniest issues…Ambitious.” Like its predecessor, this book showcases Friedman’s gift for lucid dissections of abstruse economic phenomena, his teacher’s head, his preacher’s heart, his genius for trend-spotting… also shares some of the earlier volume’s excitement (mirroring Rajesh Rao’s) and hesitations about whether we’re still living in an era dominated by old-fashioned states or in a postmodern, globalized era where states matter far less and the principal engine of change is a leveled playing field for international trade.” “ The World Is Flat continues the franchise Friedman has made for himself as a great explicator of and cheerleader for globalization, building upon his 1999 The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman suggests what this brave new world will mean to all of us, in both the developed and the developing worlds.” Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal… In his provocative account, Mr. “ exciting and very readable account of globalization… provides a compelling case that something big is going on…One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks–environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters–on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world.
Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal,” the Nobel laureate Joseph E. “One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
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