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Why is half the world intent on building a better car, while the other half is locked in primordial struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land?
Award-winning journalist Thomas Friedman 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. He is uniquely placed to write this engrossing and exceptional account of globalization. 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.
Interaction between globalization and the ancient forces of culture, geography, tradition and community governs our lives. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the ultimate theme of Friedman's ground-breaking book essential reading for anyone who
wants to know how the world really works today.
Award-winning journalist Thomas Friedman 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. He is uniquely placed to write this engrossing and exceptional account of globalization. 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.
Interaction between globalization and the ancient forces of culture, geography, tradition and community governs our lives. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the ultimate theme of Friedman's ground-breaking book essential reading for anyone who
wants to know how the world really works today.