The World is Flat

Book Review : The world is Flat

The amazing 539-page novel on Globalization and its impact is an eye-opener. More precisely it is a book which made me look out of the box. The box here is the borders of countries. I realized, after reading it, that the borders between countries are indeed dissolving and the world is becoming a leveled playing field for everyone.
The book started in India and ended over in India itself. It has descriptions about how the dot com boom and bust impacted the world, how the world changed over the years and how the Third world countries are brought to more or less at the same level by the influence of technology. The book has descriptions about the change in markets and Global position(as nations) of India and China. It encapsulates all the changes brought about by the globalization which is termed as "Flattening of the World " by the author. The book not only lists the positive aspects of globalization but the negative as well and hence I'd say that authors view about globalization is not biased.
The book is full of anecdotes and has phrases and monologues by many entrepreneurs and billionaires which makes the book quite inspirational as well.
The worst part about the book is that it is addressed to the Americans. All the "we" and "us" and "our country" is for the Americans which irritates me because when you are writing a book on "Flattening of the world" then it should be addressed to everyone and not to a particular audience. So I as a reader felt neglected.
Since the book was written before the Sub-prime crisis and the arab world and euro zone crisis hence the reader might find that the present scenario is not the same as described in the book. Things have changed a lot since when the book was written.
Being an IT Professional in India I could connect to every word in the book & felt that the book was written about me(although it was addressed to the Americans only). I'd recommend this book to everyone as it has the potential to be a life-transforming book and you can not afford to not read it.
Rating : 8.5/10