The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Narrator: Oliver Wyman
Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: 04/18/2006
Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, Political Ideologies
Synopsis
• The reasons the flattening of the world "will be seen in time as one of those fundamental shifts or inflection points, like the invention of the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, or the Industrial Revolution"
• A mapping of the New Middle—the places and spaces in the flat world where middle-class jobs will be found—and portraits of the character types who will find success as New Middlers
• An account of the qualities American parents and teachers need to cultivate in young people so that they will be able to thrive in the flat world
• An account of the "globalization of the local": how the flattening of the world is actually strengthening local and regional identities rather than homogenizing the world
More than ever, The World Is Flat is an essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.