The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century /
Presents an update on globalisation, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks - environmental, social, and political. Includes stories and insights to help understand the flattening of the world as well as a chapter on how...
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বিন্যাস: | গ্রন্থ |
ভাষা: | English |
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New York :
Picador,
c2007
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সংস্করন: | first edition (2005) |
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Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- HOW THE WORLD BECAME FLAT: While I was sleeping ; The ten forces that flattened the world ; The triple convergence ; The great sorting out ; AMERICA AND THE FLAT WORLD: America and free trade ; The untouchables ; The right stuff ; The quiet crisis ; This is not a test ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: The Virgin of Guadalupe ; COMPANIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: How companies cope ; YOU AND THE FLAT WORLD: Globalisation of the local ; If it's not happening, it's because you're not doing it ; What happens when we all have dog's hearing? ; GEOPOLITICS AND THE FLAT WORLD: The unflat world ; The Dell theory of conflict prevention ; CONCLUSION: IMAGINATION: 11/9 versus 9/11.