Essays on Thomas Friedman

How Will I Going to Prepare Myself to Compete in This Global Environment

Abstract The book of Thomas Friedman “The World is Flat” reveals a big difference between ‘development’ and ‘globalization’. Technological progress and political compromises led the world far from what it was half a century ago. He talks about three stages of globalization: Globalization 1.0, Globalization 2.0, and Globalization 3.0. Such modern phenomena as outsourcing and offshoring could not have been possible without the World Wide Web and introduction of network technologies. Today, protectionism is abandoned and countries compete for an opportunity to have business offshore on their territories, while lots of locals work for a foreign company without leaving ...

The idea of collaboration between nations is a difficult one to ponder; there are often too many rifts in religion, society and notions of expansion to make peaceful relations easy. However, scholars throughout history have attempted to find ways to secure that magic formula for allowing countries to interact peacefully with one another; many of these theories have overly optimistic views on how nations and peaceful diplomacy works, while some attempt to find realistic common ground between two or more sets of people. Madeleine Albright's perspective on diplomacy rests on finding common ground through religion and faith. Conversely, Thomas Friedman ...