This book was written in 1999. Now it does not appear as path breaking as it was said to be when it first came out. Maybe it's because we are now familiar with most of the things he talks about. There has been no shortage of articles on this subject in the media. Still the book has the advantage that it brings together the various aspects of globalisation in one volume.There are some good 'big ideas' in the beginning of the book. But towards the latter part the narration loses its rigour as Friedman keeps elaborating the same points. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as the book is written for the layman.I got a feeling of deja vu while reading the book. It's very similar to Alvin Toffler's works. In fact it can be considered as the sequel to Toffler's 'future' trilogy (Future Shock, Third Wave, and Power Shift).