The Lexus and the olive tree / Thomas L. Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Thomas L.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Free trade.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Intercultural communication.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

United States.

Globalization.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 490 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Anchor Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 2000.

Summary:

In The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas L. Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, offers an engrossing look at the new international system that is transforming world affairs today. Globalization has replaced the Cold War system with the integration of capital, technology, and information across national borders--uniting Brazilian peasants. Indonesian entrepreneurs, Chinese villagers, and Silicon Valley technocrats in a single global village. You cannot understand the morning news, know where to invest your money, or think about the future unless you understand this new system, which is profoundly influencing virtually every country in the world today. Friedman tells you what this new electronic global economy is all about and what it will take to live within it.

With vivid stories drawn from his extensive travels, he dramatizes the conflict of "the Lexus and the olive tree"--the tension between the globalization system and the ancient forces of culture, geography, tradition, and community. He also details the powerful backlash that globalization produces among those who feel brutalized by it, and he spells out what we all need to do to keep the Lexus and the olive tree in balance. For this new paperback edition, Friedman has substantially expanded and updated his provocative analysis, making it essential reading for all who care about how the world works now.

Contents:

Opening Scene: The World Is Ten Years Old xi

Part 1 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 2 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 3 The Backlash Against the System

15. The Backlash 327

16. The Groundswell 348

Part 4 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.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1999.

"Newly updated and expanded edition"--Cover.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy inscribed '10/03 Dear Phil: Thank you for your wonderful friendship! Love, Sharon" on title page.

ISBN:

0385499345

OCLC:

42923650