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Video interview with famous author Thomas L. Friedman about his book The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

• Is Thomas Friedman's analysis, made several months ago in the above video interview, still valid with the current economic crisis? We like Thomas Friedman but his books shows how fast the world can change and how the Obama Administration has had to react to the current "Economic Crisis" instead of just focusing on Health Care Reform - but President Obama adjusts to the new world circumstances does plow forward with his "Change" agenda while, at the same time, addressing the "Economic Crisis."

Thomas Friedman has an interesting prediction about President Obama: "I’m worried. We’ve just elected a talented young president with many good instincts about how to propel our country forward, extend health care to more people, make our tax code fairer and launch a green industrial revolution. But do you know what I fear? I fear that his whole first term could be eaten by Citigroup, A.I.G., Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and the whole housing/subprime credit bubble we inflated these past 20 years..."[read more]

Originally posted 2009-03-07 13:34:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter