The World is Flat - A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
All Science and Engineering Business and Economics Engineering Management International Engineering Education Technology and Society |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): |
Thomas L. Friedman
Organization: New York Times Department: Foreign Affairs |
| Description: | Book by New York Times "foreign affair" columnist Thomas Friedman. "History of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this "flattening" of the globe, which requires us to run faster in order to stay in place, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? In this brilliant new book, the award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes." |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: | Influential book with much relevance to engineering education. Engineers of the future need to have the skills to be successful in today's "flat world" of globization - team, communication, problem solving, multinational, economic tradeoff skills. |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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