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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

By Thomas L. Friedman

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2005
ISBN
0374292884, 9780374292881
Open Library ID
OL7423401M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5141711 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
332\332
Topic
History
Time added
2010-10-01 23:25:00

Description

"What Friedman means by "flat" is "connected": the lowering of trade and political barriers." This statement is false and misleading. Barriers to U.S. citizens are EXTREMELY high. Friedman's statement is true only if you mean that barriers to non-U.S. companies and their citizens are low. There is a one-way street: goods and people can enter the U.S. but the U.S. has extraordinary difficulty sending people or products abroad. Read Ron Hira, Lou Dobbs, and Byron Dorgan. The proper title is "The World is an L." The flat part is entry into the U.S. The vertical part is the wall Americans face at other countries(China, Korea, Japan....)

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