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About that Great Disruption

I haven’t read Paul Gilding’s The Great Disruption yet, but I know that the book’s thesis has been accepted by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who has written about it repeatedly, including a column earlier this week. In recent years, Friedman has come to view the global economic recession, climate change, and social uprisings…Continue Reading…

Fisking Friedman

Matt Welch at Hit & Run has some fun, too.

Getting Past China Lust

There’s just something weird about this China envy that I keep hearing from liberal pundits and intellectuals. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around yesterday’s op-ed by Thomas Friedman, so I’m going to attempt to unpack it. Bear with me. Let’s start with Friedman’s opener: To visit China today as an American is to…Continue Reading…