Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Translator: Young-min Lee
Publisher: Book21
Hardcover | 592 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
Thomas L. Friedman¡¯s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat
has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his
brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative
look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America¡¯s
surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and the global
environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to
forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows
us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked--how we can
restore the world and revive America at the same time.
Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and
the astonishing expansion of the world¡¯s middle class through
globalization have produced a planet that is ¡°hot, flat, and crowded.¡±
Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it
dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix
things--unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a
worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices
with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation
that Friedman calls Code Green.
This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great
opportunity, and one that America cannot afford to miss. Not only is
American leadership the key to the healing of the earth; it is also our
best strategy for the renewal of America.
In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green
revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be
the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not
easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to
what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be
more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we
haven¡¯t seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning
the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good
that are our nation¡¯s greatest natural resources.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless,
incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the
challenge--and the promise--of the future.
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