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From Chapter 18:

The Great Disruption

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published March 11th 2009 | 195 Ideas

This column got a lot of feedback from New York Times readers. I am thinking of calling Chapter 18 "The Great Disruption." I am coming to the conclusion that the market and Mother Nature both hit the wall here in 2008/2009. We need growth, we need ways to raise people's standards of living, but what will be the new ways we should focus on—post-The Great Disruption—that will allow us to grow people's living standards in a more sustainable and regenerative way?

Recent Ideas from Chapter 18:

Sebas wrote, "Mr. Friedman, Great book, you really do understand the urgency of changing the current system and provide some..." in The Great Disruption Tuesday, 11:19 pm
Moffat wrote, "Mr Friedman, While the point you emphasized throughout the second half of your book is true, that the talent and..." in The Great Disruption Sunday, 10:57 pm
Anonymous wrote, "All this discussion could possibly be pointless. Has anyone ever heard of Peak Oil?..." in The Great Disruption Friday, 08:22 am
Marifiel Gonzalez wrote, "Mr. Friedman, In order to truly make a “great disruption,” we must first and foremost focus on the citizens of..." in The Great Disruption Tuesday, 08:01 pm
Anonymous wrote, "Before I read Hot, Flat, and Crowded, I was aware that global warming existed but like the majority of Americans, I was..." in Introduction to Chapter 18 Sunday, 12:56 pm
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Other items of interest:

Read the Wired article on Hot, Flat, and Crowded.
Read "The First Law of Petropolitics" from Foreign Policy (May/June 2006)
Visit "Tom's Journal" on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Listen to Tom interviewed by Nayan Chanda for YaleGlobal, 30 January 2003.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
With the #1 bestseller The World Is Flat, he helped millions of readers see and understand globalization in a new way. Now Thomas L. Friedman explains how America can lead the green revolution in the 21st century.
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