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Title: A Shoddy Analysis
Review: Although I applaud books written for popular audiences intending to educate them about certain subjects (e.g. economics, astrophysics, political science, etc), this book disappoints.Friedman's analysis presents his beliefs through dogmatic anecdotes and stories, rather than through scientific rigor. For instance, he proffers that the main argument against globalization is that it results in the loss of domestic jobs to those in other countries such as India. Although this may be the popular mantra, this is in fact false. Globalization creates more jobs than are lost; the problem is that many of these jobs are lower paying. Unfortunately for the reader, Friedman does not know this and he does not address globalization's other numerous critiques (i.e. neo-marxist critiques of Western economic hegemony, environmental destruction, the unfair treatment of workers in poorer countries, demise of the welfare state in the West, etc).
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