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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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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The classic songs by John Lennon "We are the World" by USA for Africa and Imagine are very kind songs because they both relate on helping other people that need help in the streets. The song Imagine is trying to say is that we should get on other people’s placeless and see how much they suffer with out food or houses to live in." We Are the World" is a song and charity single originally recorded by the super group USA for Africa in 1985. Is about an earthquake that destroyed almost everything that
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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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IT Tech Paper In the world today‚ business is on the rise internationally and technology is getting stronger and stronger every day. In the book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century‚ Thomas Friedman‚ who was a foreign affairs columnist for NY Times‚ tells of his journey to India and how while he was there he realized that globalization has changed economic concepts. Friedman analyzes globalization in the twenty-first century and how the world is now at a level playing
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Christina’s Cruel World When I first seen “Christina’s World‚” a painting by Andrew Wyeth‚ I came across a lonely girl‚ and I wonder. What is she doing lying in the field by herself? Was she laying in the long grass on a hot summer day enjoying a nice summer breeze? It’s hard to tell her age. Is she a widowed wife to a soldier lost in the war thinking of days long past? Perhaps she’s a teenage adolescent‚ resting in the grass after a long day of chores? Something caught her attention. She
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SOPHIE’S WORLD For my whole life‚ I have questioned where God came from. I’ve always believed in a God and that He created us‚ but I could never wrap myself around the idea of where He Himself came from. One day‚ I asked my friend and his answer was quite helpful and it might also help you guys‚ he said‚ I think God was always there as the essence of "there". God doesn’t exist like you and I exist. Based on the way we understand existence‚ God doesn’t exist. That’s why that question is so hard
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World Population Day is an annual event‚ observed on July 11‚ which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11‚ 1987‚ approximately the date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.The world population on the 20th anniversary of Five Billion Day‚ July 11‚ 2007‚ was estimated to have been 6‚727‚551
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The World Overpopulation! Is it possible to know that our life is in danger because of a horrible global issue and stay silent??!! By definition‚ overpopulation is a condition where the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat. The world population has crossed 7 billion and we are going to deal with the adverse effects of this excessive growth. Overpopulation is a serious issue‚ more serious than it seems to be‚ so we must look for some solutions for the reasons of
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Thomas Friedman’s idea that the world is flattening is based on recent observations that the global economic “playing field” is becoming increasingly easier to enter and to compete in. Friedman notes ten events that have played a significant role in this phenomenon. Friedman noted some very interesting events that helped lead to the flattening of the world‚ such as outsourcing‚ offshoring‚ supply chaining and “insourcing”. The two events of Friedman’s ten that I found to be most interesting
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