From one of our most perceptive commentators and winner of the National Book Award, a comprehensive look at the new world of globalization, the international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today. As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled the globe, interviewing people from all walks of contemporary life: Brazilian peasants in the Amazon rain forest, new entrepreneurs in Indonesia, Islamic students in Teheran, and the financial wizards on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley. Now Friedman has drawn on his years on the road to produce an engrossing and original look at globalization. Globalization, he argues, is not just a phenomenon and not just a passing trend. It is the international system that replaced the Cold War system; the new, well-greased, interconnected system: Globalization is the integration of capital, technology, and information across national borders, in a way that is creating a single global market and, to some degreee, a global village. Simply put, one can't possibly understand the morning news or one's own investments without some grasp of the system. Just one example: During the Cold War, we reached for the hot line between the White House and the Kremlin--a symbol that we were all divided but at least the two superpowers were in charge. In the era of globalization, we reach for the Internet--a symbol that we are all connected but nobody is totally in charge. With vivid stories and a set of original terms and concepts, Friedman offers readers remarkable access to his unique understanding of this new world order, and shows us how to see this new system. He dramatizes the conflict of "the Lexus and the olive tree"--the tension between the globalization system and 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 system in balance. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the great drama of he globalization era, and the ultimate theme of Friedman's challenging, provocative book--essential reading for all who care about how the world really works.

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Business & Money

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Economics

HARPER/COLLINS

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization a flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet,

The World Is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Penguin??Books

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

History

Allen Lane.

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-06-07 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher:. Abacus America has a huge problem It faces four major challenges. on which its future depends. and it is failing to meet them In Whats Wrong with America. . Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze those challenges - globalization. the revolution in information technology. the nations chronic deficits. and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover Americas power and prowess They explain. how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously. They show how Americas history. when properly understood. provides the key to coping successfully and explain how the paralysis of the US political system and the erosion of key American values ??have made it impossible to carry out the policies the country needs. Whats W...

That Used to Be Us: What Went Wrong with America - And How It Can Come Back. Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum

Abacus Software

America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after 
As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy,and illuminating perspective in journalism.
Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding."
Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.

Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11

Americas

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

The World is Flat (Updated and Expanded)

Politics & Government

This book looks new and was well kept.

Thank You for Being Late

Macmillan Us

The World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-First Century

The World Is Flat

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

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