Thomas L. Friedman

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July 20, 1953

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St. Louis Park, Minnesota, The United States

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Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist. He is an op-ed contributor to The New York Times, whose column appears twice weekly and mainly addresses topics on foreign affairs. Friedman is known for supporting a compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, modernization of the Arab world, environmentalism and globalization. He is considered to be a pluralist and most of his commentary is left leaning. He is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration and in particular the Iraq War.
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avg rating: 3.65 | 17,365 ratings | 3,044 reviews | 10 distinct works | 33 fans

	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 3.57 — 8,695 ratings — published 2005 40 editions	my rating:
	From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 4.09 — 2,033 ratings — published 1989 11 editions	my rating:
	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 3.76 — 2,077 ratings — published 2008 15 editions	my rating:
	The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 3.51 — 1,760 ratings — published 1997 20 editions	my rating:
	Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 3.63 — 575 ratings — published 2002 7 editions	my rating:
	From Beirut to Jerusalem [2007 Version] by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Microeconomics & Aplia Activation Card & College World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, Paul Krugman, Paul Romer avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	War Torn by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1984	my rating:
	Up the Ladder: Coping With the Corporate Climb by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1986 2 editions	my rating:
	Damaged Goods by Thomas L. Friedman avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1984 2 editions	my rating:

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"Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.
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— Thomas L. Friedman

tags: change, optimism, pessimism

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"America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products."
— Thomas L. Friedman

tags: america, capitalism, economics, freedom, liberty, politics, united-states, usa

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"Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done.
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— Thomas L. Friedman (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century)

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