Thomas L Friedman - The Lexus and the Olive Tree (globalisation)

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Thomas L. Friedman is one of America's leading interpreters of world affairs. Born in Minneapolis in 1953, he was educated at Brandeis University and St. Anthony's College, Oxford. His first book, From Beirut to Jerusalem, won the National Book Award in 1988.

Mr. Friedman has also won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times as bureau chief in Beirut and in Jerusalem. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Ann, and their daughters, Orly and Natalie.

Contents

Foreword to the Anchor Edition ix

Opening Scene: The World Is Ten Years Old xi

Part One: Seeing the System
1. The New System 3
2. Information Arbitrage 17
3. The Lexus and the Olive Tree 29
4. …And the Walls Came Tumbling Down 44
5. Microchip Immune Deficiency 73
6. The Golden Straitjacket 101
7. The Electronic Herd 112

Part Two: Plugging into the System
8. DOScapital 6.0 145
9. Globalution 167
10. Shapers, Adapters and Other New Ways of Thinking About Power 194
11. Buy Taiwan, Hold Italy, Sell France 212
12. The Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention 248
13. Demolition Man 276
14. Winners Take All 306

Part Three: The Backlash Against the System
15. The Backlash 327
16. The Groundswell 348

Part Four: America and the System
17. Rational Exuberance 367
18. Revolution Is U.S. 379
19. If You Want to Speak to a Human Being, Press 1 406
20. There Is a Way Forward 434

Acknowledgments 477
Index 480

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