The World Is Flat?: A Critical Analysis of New York Times Bestseller by Thomas Friedman
by Ronald Aronica, Mtetwa Ramdoo
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Author: Mtetwa Ramdoo, Ronald AronicaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08
ISBN: 0929652045
Number of pages: 132
Publisher: Meghan-Kiffer Press
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Book Review: With enemies like this, who needs friends?
Summary: 1 Stars
Thomas Friedman is a poor excuse for a 21st century sage. Aronica and Ramdoo correctly point to his poor method, overly glib and too-self-satisfied anecdotes and annoying neologisms... and then they proceed to commit so many of the very same crimes against reason and serious research in their own "contribution" to our field of political economy.
Knowing, as I do, so many truly gifted scholars who will reach and influence fewer in their entire careers than will Friedman will in any given week through his contributions to the NYT, it has long been a puzzle to me how he has maintained his audience and popularity. Why on earth would anyone take this man seriously? Perhaps the answer is found here, in this "critical analysis of Thomas L. Friedman's New York Times best seller": his critics have an even less-firm grasp on "globalization" (such as it is) than he. I would not have thought this possible, but this book has exploded far more myths than it set out to. Truly, if this is the quality of his opposition, then Friedman's continued relevance has become less puzzling to me, and perhaps I have this to thank Aronica and Ramdoo for.
If you, like I, wondered how the other side saw Friedman, then perhaps you should pick up a copy of this book. If you wish to gain further insight into the brave new world into which we are entering, read anything else... perhaps even Friedman's own The World is Flat, I man who's work I never would have otherwise recommended in this life.
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