Thomas L. Friedman

Offers a concise history of globalization, discussing a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India.

A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]

Michael Mandelbaum

How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

That Used to Be Us

how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

That used to be us

In Wat is ermismet Amerika? geven de auteurs hun visie op vier dilemmas de globalisering, de revolutie in de informatietechnologie,het chronische financieringstekort en het torenhoge energieverbruik die van grote invloed zijn op de toekomst van Amerika,maar die desondanks door niemand lijken te worden aangepakt. Amerika kan er volgens hen weer bovenop komen. De oplossingen liggen in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, mits die juist geïnterpreteerd wordt. De verlamming van het politieke bestel en de vervaging van typisch Amerikaanse normen hebben een goede aanpak verhinderd. Wat Amerika nodig heeft, hoeft niet van ver te komen, hoeft niet nieuw te zijn. Er zijn waarden, prioriteiten en gebruiken nodig die zijn verankerd in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis en cultuur en die het land keer op keer hebben voortgestuwd. Volgens de auteurs zou de oplossing kunnen liggen in harder studeren,meer sparen, minder uitgeven en verstandig investeren. Het boek is zowel een grondige verkenning van het huidige Amerika als een prikkelend manifest voor de schepping van een nieuw Amerika.

Wat is er mis met Amerika?

Paul R. Krugman

Robin Wells

Paul Romer

Macroeconomics, Aplia Activation Card + World Is Flat

As America wakes up to China's educational successes, industrial might and technological prowess, it is reminded of its own past -- and the paralyzed political system and eroding American values that have made it impossible to maintain its international position. In this prescient and controversial rallying cry, journalist and bestselling author Thomas Friedman and foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum analyze the four key challenges facing America -- globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits and the pattern of excessive energy consumption -- and map out the changes needed to resurrect the American dream. Friedman and Mandelbaum believe that the recovery of American greatness is within reach, and propose a clear way out of the trap into which the country has fallen -- a way that includes the rediscovery of some of America's most vital traditions and the creation of a new third-party movement to galvanize the country.

This Independence Day edition of The World is Flat 3.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011. A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. In this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the 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 more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree.

The World Is Flat 3.0

The World is Flat

Oliver Wyman

Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

The new international bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The World is Flat - this is an essential and entertaining field guide to thriving in the twenty-first century. 'As a guide for perplexed Westerners, this book is very hard to beat . . . Thank You for Being Late is a master class in explaining ... After your session with Dr. Friedman, you have a much better idea of the forces that are upending your world, how they work together - and what people, companies and governments can do to prosper' John Micklethwait, The New York Times Book Review 'The globe-trotting New York Times columnist's most famous book was about the world being flat. This one is all about the world being fast ... His main piece of advice for individuals, corporations, and countries is clear: Take a deep breath and adapt. This world isn't going to wait for you' Fortune We all sense it - something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your children. You can't miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are speeding up - and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike any he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them. Friedman's thesis is that to understand the twenty-first century, you need to understand that the planet's three largest forces - Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss) - are all accelerating at once, transforming the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics and community. An extraordinary release of energy is reshaping everything from how we hail a taxi to the fate of nations to our most intimate relationships. It is creating vast new opportunities for individuals and small groups to save the world - or perhaps to destroy it. Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to think about this era of accelerations. It's also an argument for 'being late' - for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're passing through and reflecting on its possibilities and dangers. He shows us how we can anchor ourselves as individuals in the eye of this storm, and how communities can create a 'topsoil of trust' to do the same for their increasingly diverse and digital populations. Written with his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, and with unequalled access to many of those at the forefront of the changes he is describing all over the world, Thank You for Being Late is Friedman's most ambitious book - and an essential guide to the present and the future.

An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

Thank You for Being Late

"Bumi menjadi Panas (Hot) karena kemajuan teknologi telah mempercepat laju peningkatan emisi gas-gas rumah kaca ke atmosfer yang menghambat pelepasan hawa panas dari bumi ke ruang angkasa. Bumi menjadi Rata (Flat) karena kemajuan teknologi komunikasi dan transportasi memungkinkan siapa pun, di mana pun, dapat saling berhubungan dan saling bersaing dalam segala hal dengan mudah sehingga seolah-olah bumi seperti berada di atas sebuah pinggan yang datar. Bumi menjadi Penuh Sesak (Crowded) karena penduduk yang makin banyak, akibat keberhasilan upaya menekan angka kematian, dan industrialisasi, bertumpuk di kawasan perkotaan dan sekitarnya tanpa upaya yang seimbang dalam pembenahan sarana dan prasarana. Adakah yang bisa kita lakukan agar dunia tetap menjadi tempat di mana burung bisa terbang dan menyanyi, tempat kita bisa menghirup udara yang bersih, tempat kita tidak takut tenggelam atau takut mengalami kekeringan yang membakar, tempat kita bisa membangun keluarga yang berkecukupan?"

mengapa dunia memerlukan revolusi hijau dan bagaimana ia mampu merobah Amerika

Panas, rata dan sesak

Micha Bar-Am

As spectacular and moving as Bar-Am's photos are, Thomas L. Friedman's compelling essay provides an anchor in the form of an eloquent reflection on the unfolding of the first fifty years. Israel's contributions to politics and culture, to religion and commerce, have made a tremendous mark on the world, and these issues Friedman addresses with the perception of an outsider who has spent almost a quarter of his life in the area. While Bar-Am's photos show us the events that have shaped Israel's path, Friedman's essay explores the implications of Israel's first fifty years and the nation's powerful struggle between its past and its future.

The First Fifty Years

Israel, a Photobiography

A collection of columns written by this author, published about September 11, as well as a diary of private experiences and reflections traveling the world reporting on the post-September 11 world.

Exploring the World After September 11

Longitudes and Attitudes

Proposes an ambitious national strategy to address key issues in climate change and energy shortages, identifying the factors that have contributed to current circumstances while outlining an American-led revolution of clean-technology solutions. (Current Affairs).

Why We Need a Green Revolution--and how it Can Renew America

America is in trouble. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet them—and if we delay any longer, soon it will be too late for us to pass along the American dream to future generations. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, offer both a wake-up call and a call to collective action. They analyze the four challenges we face—globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and our pattern of excessive energy consumption—and spell out what we need to do now to sustain the American dream and preserve American power in the world. They explain how the end of the Cold War blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously, and how China's educational successes, industrial might, and technological prowess remind us of the ways in which "that used to be us." They explain how the paralysis of our political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible for us to carry out the policies the country urgently needs. And yet Friedman and Mandelbaum believe that the recovery of American greatness is within reach. They show how America's history, when properly understood, offers a five-part formula for prosperity that will enable us to cope successfully with the challenges we face. They offer vivid profiles of individuals who have not lost sight of the American habits of bold thought and dramatic action. They propose a clear way out of the trap into which the country has fallen, a way that includes the rediscovery of some of our most vital traditions and the creation of a new thirdparty movement to galvanize the country. That Used to Be Us is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.

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Explains how globalization is shaping world affairs, how it replaced the Cold War system, how it is creating a single global market, how it is influencing domestic policies, and other related topics.

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