The World Is Flat Questions

1. What is the ‘dirty little secret’ that one employer describes in the reading?

2. What is the ‘American Idol’ problem that Americans face? How do you think this became a problem?

3. Explain what Friedman means when he writes about the ‘coefficient of flatness.’

4. What do today’s students (like yourself) need to know and understand about today’s global economy?

5. Friedman writes, “In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears—and that is our problem.” What does this mean? Is this a problem?…Defend your answer.