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This is all just globalization, in this case of labor. It has nothing to do with being flat, round, or any other shape. I think Friedman's point is interesting enough on its own, without having to belabor the flat Earth metaphor, which is weak from the start.
I heard him on Al Franken yesterday. He sounded fine, then went off on a big tirade about how the government should pay for every American to go to college or trade school, same as high school for previous generations.
Mr. Friedman, I guess, is unfamiliar with Pell Grants, the GI Bill, and Stafford loans.
He sounded fine, then went off on a big tirade about how the government should pay......
While I like reading him, he almost always starts down this road.