them‚ and to make more money‚ and to look for cheaper labor cost. Globalization 2.0 ended around the 20th century‚ year 2000. As the globalization 3.0 begin‚ that’s when Friedman stated that the world is flat and that it shrank from small to tiny. “Friedman argues that the world has become flat due to technological advances connecting people in China‚ India‚ and the United States as if we were all next-door neighbors” (p. 3). Since technologies have improved‚ the world became more of a globalization
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“THE WORLD IS FLAT: In his book‚ The World is Flat‚ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman argues that globalization and its technological advances have increasingly “flattened” the world by reducing barriers among states‚ individuals and corporations‚ and by creating more and more economic interdependence and global integration. This process is not a new one. It began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America and opened up trade between the old world and the new world‚ and developed
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Laboratory Venue : HKIVE (Tsing Yi)‚ Room CL02 Date & Time : 15 October 2001‚ 20:15 to 21:30 Experiment No. 2 : Static Equilibrium of Beam Objective: 1. To study the vertical equilibrium of (a) a simply supported beam and (b) a two-span continuous beam when subjecting to loads. 2. To determine the reactions of the beams by (a) the experimental set-up and (b) by using the principles of static and method of consistent deformation. Apparatus: 1. Tec Quipment SM104 Beam Apparatus- S/N: CNB0104C01‚ Supply
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Assignment 1: The World is Flat 3.0 (10 points) Listen to Tom Friedman’s MIT talk titled “The World is Flat 3.0” and answer the following questions. Your answers must be short‚ succinct‚ and structured‚ and not of the rambling type. The suggested total length of your answers is 1-2 pages. 1. According to Friedman‚ what are the differences between Globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ and 3.0? What was the key driver for each phase of globalization? (3 points) Globalization 1.0 was built around countries having
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My Flat (1) We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the fourth floor.It has all modern conveniences: central heating‚ gas‚ electricity‚ cold and hot water‚ a lift and a chute to carry rubbish down. There are three rooms‚ a kitchen‚ a bathroom and a hall in our flat. The living-room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. In the middle of the room we have a square-table with six chairs round it. To the right of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several
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Dissecting “The World Is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman “I was in Bangalore‚ India‚ the Silicon Valley of India‚ when I realized that the world was flat.” – Thomas L. Friedman‚ “The World Is Flat” After reading “The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman‚ I understood the significance of globalization during the twenty-first century. I learned the progression of globalization and the significant changes it has had on the economy and world as a whole. Friedman establishes his text based on the many
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In Part I‚ “How the World Became Flat‚” Friedman visits India‚ where he realizes that the playing field has been leveled‚ meaning that a much larger group of people can compete for global knowledge. He pursues examples of this metaphor in other places‚ such as Iraq‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the United States. Friedman argues that there are primarily ten forces that flattened the world and describes each of the following “flatteners”: 11/9/89‚ the fall of the Berlin Wall; 8/9/95‚ or the date that Netscape
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The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman First published: 2005 Table of Contents • Key Figures • Short Summary (Synopsis) • Thomas L. Friedman - Biography • Genre | | | | Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis • Chapters 1 - 4 - How the World Became Flat • Chapters 5 - 9 - America and the Flat World • Chapter 10 - Developing Countries and the Flat World • Chapter 11 - Companies and the Flat World • Chapters 12 - 14 - Geopolitics
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unfair for the wealthy. Because it is a progressive tax‚ it is higher for people who have higher incomes. People should not be punished for being successful. If a flat tax policy were instituted‚ then it would simplify the complicated tax system‚ create fairness within the economy‚ and promote a desire to thrive financially. The flat tax would simplify the tax system because instead of filling out a variety of complicated forms‚ a person would only need to tell the IRS how much money they make
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An analytic paper on the two books: The World is Flat of Thomas Friedman and Making Globalization Work of Joseph Stiglitz Globalization is process of integration. It is spread all through several fields‚ such as politics‚ culture‚ economy‚ technology and the environment. Internationally‚ these fields are going through a period of conversion and evolution causing this world to turn out to be homogenous and flat. Even nations in the Third World are having the prospects only the developed countries
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