03382nam a2200373Ia 4500 283581 OCoLC 20180821021708.0 000314s2000 nyu 001 0 eng 00029411 0374185522 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)43657112 (OCoLC)59532817 DLC DLC KUT BAKER UKV3G NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP XY4 PUXA HF1359 .F74 2000b 337 F9112L 21 Friedman, Thomas L. Local 99184 The Lexus and the olive tree Thomas L. Friedman. Rev. ed. New York Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2000. xxi, 469 p. 24 cm. Includes index. Opening 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. A 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. International economic relations Local 115524 Intercultural communication Local 115296 Technological innovations Social aspects. Local 177420 Technological innovations Economic aspects. Local 177420 68966 Capitalism Social aspects. Local Free trade Local 98794 United States Foreign economic relations. Local 182913 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol054/00029411.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol042/00029411.html 204561 204561 0 0 ddc 0 337_000000000000000_F9112L 0 evl 308764 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 19.80 413304 0 337 F9112L 80000002331224 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:283581 6