The World is flat

This book sucks.

Here's a couple of reasons why (there are many many more, which I may get to later if I have time):

1) This book assumes that as the pool of consumers grows so to will opportunities to produce. Therefore, the book reassures us, there will always be plenty of work for anyone with critical thinking and pattern matching skills.

This is certainly true in economic theory. Economic theory assumes that there are limitless resources. Up until now, this has effectively been true. It seems like it's not anymore. If we are approaching the carrying capacity of the planet, then the only way to maintain the high standard of living the populace of developed nations have come to expect is by denying those resources to others. Preferably, while simultaneously harboring their labor.