The World is Flat

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The World is Flat

Introduction

The World is Flat , is a book , written by Thomas Friedman . It concentrates on the issue of globalization and how it has changed society and economy of the world . The aim of this is to review the book

Ten Forces which led to Flattened World

According to Friedman , there are ten forces which have contributed to the flattening of the world . These ten forces include the breakdown of Berlin Wall , Netscape , software for work flow , uploading , outsourcing

off-shoring , insourcing , in-forming and steroids . He further asserts that these ten factors are not solely responsible for flattening the world . He explains that these ten forced have converged together to further flatten the global world

Triple Convergence

The ten factors which have led to the flatter world are not solely responsible for flattening . He explains that all of these factors assembled together , disperse and became the root cause of the flattened environment . The formation of corresponding software , internet and political factors are responsible for accelerating globalization (Friedman , 206

Economic Changes Necessary for Americans to Compete in the Flat World

In to compete in the flat world , United States of America needs to mass-produce educated and expert workers so that it is able to produce idea-based goods which can be sold in the international market . Friedman concentrates on the issue of providing better education and training as it will create expert workers (Friedman , 311

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