**A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year
A Chicago Tribune *Best Book of the Year
In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal
and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable
environment and a sustainable America.
Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and
the expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have
produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is hot, flat, and
crowded. In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very
habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of
the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a
sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity
not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically
innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to
something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by
summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good
that are our greatest national resources.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless,
incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the
challenge--and the promise--of the future.