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Interview with Ronald Aronica and Mtetwa Ramdoo, Authors of The World is Flat? - A Critical Analysis of Thomas L. Friedman's New York Times Bestseller - Part Two

Written by Spincycle
Published January 25, 2007
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While Friedman’s personal anecdotes fascinate many readers and make for good tales at cocktail parties, it’s what’s left out of story after story after story that makes the book such a flawed distillation of globalization. Thus, it is what’s ignored on the many issues that Friedman touches upon that makes the book dangerous, for it gives average readers a false sense that they are gaining a true understanding of this broad and complex subject, globalization.

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Spincycle is interested in questions around media, governance, and political economy. He strongly values reading good fiction for he feels that it imparts the important value of empathy.
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Interview with Ronald Aronica and Mtetwa Ramdoo, Authors of The World is Flat? - A Critical Analysis of Thomas L. Friedman's New York Times Bestseller - Part Two
Published: January 25, 2007
Type: Interview
Section: Books
Filed Under: Books: Nonfiction, Politics: International
Writer: Spincycle
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