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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