August 12, 2008

The World Is Flat

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Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Narrator: Oliver Wyman
Category: Current Affairs
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Length: 27 hours and 21 min.
Unabridged

An Overview:
The World Is Flat, Further Updated and Expanded: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.

Thomas L. Friedman is a columnist with the New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize winner. The world is flat demystifies and paints a picture of the state of globalization in the 21st century.

Friedman discusses the impact of economic issues and complex foreign policy; he cites companies in India and China that are becoming part of the supply chains that are components of a process called outsourcing.

"The world is flat" audio book is an essential update on the subject of globalization and the net affect on country's communities and company's.

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Reviewed by Peter Markovic