Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Flat World
An important argument that was brought up in “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman is that
There is also a flipside to this argument where sometime bringing finanaces into an area can cause more problems. The quote was interesting to me because it shows that there is a cycle and within this cycle even though things are expected to become better, somethings at the same time can become worst or stay the same.
“When societies begin to prosper, you get a virtuous cycle going. They begin to produce enough food for people to leave the land, the excess labor gets trained and educated, and it begins working in services and industry; that leads to innovation and better education and universities, freer markets, economic growth and development, better infrastructure, fewer diseases, and slower population growth.”Technology brings finance, and with financial stability living conditions will be better no matter where you are.
There is also a flipside to this argument where sometime bringing finanaces into an area can cause more problems. The quote was interesting to me because it shows that there is a cycle and within this cycle even though things are expected to become better, somethings at the same time can become worst or stay the same.
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Interesting. Friedman is an optimist and believes that progress is possible, that there are very real possiblities for the development of poor countries in this flattening of the the boundaries and barriers to globalization.
You have hit on a key point: there will also be substantial costs, losses incurred in this process.
You have hit on a key point: there will also be substantial costs, losses incurred in this process.
You might want to read a little intersting book, a rebuttal of Thomas Friedman's, "The WOrld is Flat", by Aronica and Ramdoo, and also a companion book (Extreme Competition...)listed on the website, mkpress.com.
Check out www.mkpress.com/flat
and watch www.mkpress.com/flatoverview.html
for an interesting counterperspective on Friedman's
"The World is Flat".
Also a really interesting 6 min wake-up call: Shift Happens! www.mkpress.com/ShiftExtreme.html
There is also a companion book listed: Extreme Competition: Innovation and the Great 21st Century Business Reformation
www.mkpress.com/extreme
http://www.mkpress.com/Extreme11minWMV.html
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Check out www.mkpress.com/flat
and watch www.mkpress.com/flatoverview.html
for an interesting counterperspective on Friedman's
"The World is Flat".
Also a really interesting 6 min wake-up call: Shift Happens! www.mkpress.com/ShiftExtreme.html
There is also a companion book listed: Extreme Competition: Innovation and the Great 21st Century Business Reformation
www.mkpress.com/extreme
http://www.mkpress.com/Extreme11minWMV.html
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