In Friedman’s “It’s a Flat World, After All”, Friedman in a trip Bangalore, India accidentally “encountered the flattening of the world”. The following paper will analyze “It’s a Flat World, After All” and the flattening of the world. To conclude the paper I will summarize my thoughts on the flattening of the world.
According to Friedman globalization was classified into three time periods. Globalization 1.0 (1492 to 1800) was considered to shrink the world from large to medium due to countries globalizing for resources and imperial conquest. Globalization 2.0 (1800 to 2000) was considered to shrink the world from medium to small because of companies globalizing for markets and labor. Globalization 3.0 (2000 to present) is shrinking the world from small to tiny, and is flattening the playing field at the same time (Friedman).
Globalization 1.0 and 2.0 were for the most part motivated by European and American companies and countries. However, Globalization 3.0 is......
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