The World Is Flat By Thomas L. Friedman

Just now i finished reading The World Is Flat Book By Thomas L. Friedman.

Wikipedia says,

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is an international bestseller book by Thomas L. Friedman, analyzing the progress of globalization with an emphasis on the early 21st century

The book was first released in 2005, was later released as an "updated and expanded" edition in 2006, and yet again released with additional updates in 2007 as "further updated and expanded: Release 3.0." The title was derived from a statement by Nandan Nilekani, the former CEO of Infosys.

Nice book written by Thomas L. Friedman and i do agree 100% with the author.

There is book review available at this site

Table Of Contents:

I. Introduction
PART ONE: THE FLATTENING
CHP ONE: While You Were Sleeping
CHP TWO: The Ten Forces That Flattened The World
1. 11/9/89
2. 8/9/95
3. Workflow
4. Open Source
5. Y2K
6. When China Joined the WTO
7. Wal-Mart
8. UPS
9. Google
10. The Steroids
PART TWO: THE TRANSITION TO A FLAT EARTH
CHP THREE: The Dual Convergence
PART THREE: BEING AN AMERICAN ON PLANET FLAT

CHP FOUR: The Untouchables: Individuals
CHP FIVE: Dirty Little Secrets
CHP SIX: This Is Not A Test



PART FOUR : RUNNNIG A COMPANY ON PLANET FLAT

CHP SEVEN: DOScapital 2000: Companies
PART FIVE: DEVELOPNIG COUNTRIES AND PLANET FLAT

CHP EIGHT: The Virgin of Guadalupe
PART SIX: THE POLITICS AND GEOPOLITICS OF FLATNESS
CHP NINE: No Guns or Cell Phones Allowed
CHP TEN: The Great Sorting Out
CHP ELEVEN: The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
PART SEVEN: IMAGINATION
CHP TWELVE: To The Class Of 2005: 11/9 or 9/11


Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Diffusion of innovations.
Information society.
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
Globalization -- Social aspects.


About the Author

Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American author and columnist. He is an op-ed contributor to The New York Times, whose column appears twice weekly and mainly addresses topics on foreign affairs. Friedman is known for supporting a compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, modernization of the Arab world, environmentalism and globalization. Although an early supporter of the invasion of Iraq, he later became an outspoken critic of the war and the Bush administration.