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The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman — WisdomDeck honest review
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The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman

The 2005 bestseller on globalization's ten flatteners: outsourcing, supply chains, the internet. Dated and still a touchstone.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Competition is global.
  2. Adapt skills.
  3. Flatness has limits.

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Friedman's flat world.

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