I saw Friedman on CSPAN talking at the National Governors Associtation (NGA) last weekend. I was really disapointed that our leaders are getting advice from him. I totally agree with the post about Friedman being a fat head with short sighted views and comes away with a typical American attitude. His views assumes that the thing that drives globalization stays constant and that is cheap oil. Well, the price per barrell of oil has doubled the past year or so.
I would have much rather have this author discuss his book at the NGA. It is much more informative and applicable to building communities and stopping brain drain that is hurting rural states hard. The author is Richard Florida and he writes that creative is what drives the American economy now and that for places (cities, regions) to grow they must attract these creative people.
The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Zh1kZFtBvn&isbn=0465024777&itm=1Millions of Americans are beginning to work and live the way creative people like artists and scientists always have - and as a result our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time, are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living - the Creative Class. The first person to name this revolution was renowned urban studies theorist Richard Florida." In The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida chronicles the ongoing sea change in people's choices and attitudes and describes a society in which the creative ethos in increasingly dominant. With updated city rankings and a new preface, this is the national bestseller that swept the country and showed how the very future of our cities depends on a new economic class.
Here is the author's website:
http://www.creativeclass.org/
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