ABSTRACT
Over the past few years, several books on various aspects of globalisation have been published. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, discussed the movement towards globalisation, one of which is the efficient transportation networks that link markets together (Friedman 2005). In Rivoli’s The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, the global economy not only influences production and consumption regions, but by extension, the global political balance (Rivoli 2005). Other books have elaborated on this theme, but the implications are clear: the world is “flat” and interconnected, as increased telecommunications and reliable transportation networks have, and will, transform access to markets, information, and economic growth.
