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100	1		_aFriedman, Thomas L
245	1	4	_aThe world is flat : _ba brief history of the twenty-first century / _cThomas L. Friedman
250			_a1st Picador ed., Further updated and expanded, [Pbk. ed.]
260			_aNew York : _bPicador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux : _bDistributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers, _c2007
300			_ax, 660 p. ; _c21 cm
500			_aRelease 3.0
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aIn this book the author, a New York Times columnist advances the work on globalization published in his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Claiming that the world is now at an important historical point, as important as the changes brought by the discoveries by Columbus or by the Industrial Revolution, he analyzes the events, inventions, and business practices that have resulted in a changed world, one he calls Globalization 3.0. In this new edition he includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering 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 question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. This book serves as an update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks, environmental, social, and political
650		0	_aDiffusion of innovations
650		0	_aInformation society
650		0	_aGlobalization _xEconomic aspects
650		0	_aGlobalization _xSocial aspects
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