Communism And The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Despite the economic statistics showing otherwise, the conventional use of the internet, the fall of communism, and the use of both in and out sourcing has led to the world becoming increasingly more flat, rather than round as economist Pankaj Ghemawat believes.

The fall of the Berlin wall marks a period of time in which the world became increasingly more flat, and the end of communism that occurs from this event connects the world together in an unprecedented way. Many national borders have become obsolete in the past 15 years as economies are becoming more standardized, and even though statistics may show that international borders still impact the world economically, ideas like in- and outsourcing are connecting the world in a way that