The Lexus and the Olive Tree - Softcover

Friedman, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006551394 ISBN 13: 9780006551393

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2000

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Book by Friedman Thomas L

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‘Friedman provides an excellent bird’s-eye view of globalization’
Financial Times

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A powerful and accessible account of globalization – the new world order that has replaced the cold war – by the award-winning author of From Beirut to Jerusalem.

More than anything else, globalization is shaping world affairs today. We cannot interpret the day’s news, or know where to invest our money, unless we understand this new system – the defining force in international relations and domestic policies worldwide. The unprecedented integration of finance, markets, nation states and technology is driving change accross the globe at an ever-increasing speed. And while much of the world is intent on building a better Lexus, on streamlining their societies and economies for the global marketplace, many people feel their traditional identities threatened and are reverting to elemental struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land.

Thomas Friedman has a unique vantage point on this worldwide phenomenon. The New York Times foreign affairs columnist has travelled the globe, interviewing everyone from Brazilian peasants to new entrepreneurs in Indonesia, to Islamic students, to the financial wizards on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, to find out what globalization means for them, and for all of us.

This ground-breaking book is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how the world really works today.

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• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0006551394
• ISBN 13: 9780006551393
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512