Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Penguin UK
  • ISBN: 0141036664
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 418

Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy, which he calls 'Code-Green', is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating - it is what we need to make us all healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.


Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Picador
  • ISBN: 1429963689
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 529

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is "hot, flat, and crowded." In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.


The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9780374292782
  • Category : Computers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 682

Explores globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political.


Longitudes and Attitudes

Longitudes and Attitudes

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • ISBN: 1429916346
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 397

America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11, 2001--before, during and after . As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy,and illuminating perspective in journalism. Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding." Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.


From Beirut to Jerusalem

From Beirut to Jerusalem

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • ISBN: 0374706999
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 311

This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue. One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism. In a new afterword, he updates his journey with a fresh discussion of the Arab Awakenings and how they are transforming the area, and a new look at relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Israelis. Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it."--Seymour M. Hersh


The Lexus and the Olive Tree

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: HarperCollins UK
  • ISBN: 0006551394
  • Category : Capitalism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 514

An analysis of globalisation as an international system that today directly or indirectly influences the politics, environment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in the world.


That Used to Be Us

That Used to Be Us

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 1250013720
  • Category : Computers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 434

Friedman, an influential columnist, and Mandelbaum, a leading foreign policy thinker, analyze four American challenges--globalization, information technology, chronic deficits, and energy consumption--and show what America needs to do.


Managing without Growth, Second Edition

Managing without Growth, Second Edition

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  • Author: Peter A. Victor
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
  • ISBN: 1785367382
  • Category : Economic development
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 376

Ten years after the publication of the first edition of this influential book, the evidence is even stronger that human economies are overwhelming the regenerative capacity of the planet. This book explains why long-term economic growth is infeasible, and why, especially in advanced economies, it is also undesirable. Simulations based on real data show that managing without growth is a better alternative


Thank You for Being Late

Thank You for Being Late

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • ISBN: 1250141222
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 559

"Version 2.0 with a new afterword"--Cover.


Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist

Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist

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  • Author: Ray Anderson
  • Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
  • ISBN: 0771007558
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 338

“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays. His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest”: the founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 82%, and the goal is to reach zero environmental footprint by 2020. Thoughtful and winning, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist shows how Anderson revolutionized his company, in the process bringing costs down, improving quality, making it one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” — and driving up profits. *The publisher has aimed for sustainability in all aspects of this book’s production, from the inks and glues to the trim size. The interior paper is 100% post-consumer recycled, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and ancient-forest friendly. Instead of a jacket, the cover boards are wrapped in 100% recycled paper stock coated in a biodegradable varnish – and these are just two examples among many.