03269nam a2200349Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071020002800086035003700114040005800151050002300209082002000232100003100252245005400283250001300337260004400350300002400394500002000418505070800438520128501146650004402431650003902475650005402514650005602568650003902624650002202663651005402685856009402739856008602833283581OCoLC20180821021708.0000314s2000    nyu           001 0 eng    a 00029411   a0374185522 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)43657112z(OCoLC)59532817  aDLCcDLCdKUTdBAKERdUKV3GdNLGGCdBTCTAdYDXCPdXY400aHF1359b.F74 2000b00a337bF9112L2211 aFriedman, Thomas L.2Local14aThe Lexus and the olive treecThomas L. Friedman.  aRev. ed.  aNew YorkbFarrar, Straus, Girouxc2000.  axxi, 469 p.c24 cm.  aIncludes index.0 aOpening scene : the world is ten years old -- Seeing the system: The new system -- Information arbitrage -- Lexus and the olive tree -- And the walls came tumbling down -- Microchip immune deficiency -- The golden straitjacket -- The electronic herd -- Plugging into the system: DOScapital 6.0 -- Globalution -- Shapers, adapters, and other new ways of thinking about power -- Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France -- The golden arches theory of conflict prevention -- Demolition man -- Winners take all -- Backlash against the system: Backlash -- Groundswell -- America and the system: Rational exuberance -- Revolution is U.S. -- If you want to speak to a human being, press 1 -- There is a way forward.  aA brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as a reporter and columnist to produce a pithy, trenchant, riveting look at the worldwide market forces that are driving today's economies and how they are playing out both internationally and locally. Globalization is the technologically driven expression of free-market capitalism, and as such is essentially an American creation. It has irrevocably changed the way business is done and has raised living standards throughout the world. But powerful local forces-of religion, race, ethnicity, and cultural identity-are in competition with technology for the hearts and minds of their societies. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the great game of globalization-and the ultimate theme of Friedman's challenging, provocative book, essential reading for all who care about how the world really works. 0aInternational economic relations2Local 0aIntercultural communication2Local 0aTechnological innovationsxSocial aspects.2Local 0aTechnological innovationsxEconomic aspects.2Local 0aCapitalismxSocial aspects.2Local 0aFree trade2Local 0aUnited StatesxForeign economic relations.2Local423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol054/00029411.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol042/00029411.html