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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxi, 469 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0374185522 (alk. paper)
  • 9780374185527 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337
LOC classification:
  • HF 1359 F911le 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Opening scene : the world is ten years old -- Seeing the system: The new system -- Information arbitrage -- Lexus and the olive tree -- And the walls came tumbling down -- Microchip immune deficiency -- The golden straitjacket -- The electronic herd -- Plugging into the system: DOScapital 6.0 -- Globalution -- Shapers, adapters, and other new ways of thinking about power -- Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France -- The golden arches theory of conflict prevention -- Demolition man -- Winners take all -- Backlash against the system: Backlash -- Groundswell -- America and the system: Rational exuberance -- Revolution is U.S. -- If you want to speak to a human being, press 1 -- There is a way forward.
Summary: A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as a reporter and columnist to produce a pithy, trenchant, riveting look at the worldwide market forces that are driving today's economies and how they are playing out both internationally and locally. Globalization is the technologically driven expression of free-market capitalism, and as such is essentially an American creation. It has irrevocably changed the way business is done and has raised living standards throughout the world. But powerful local forces-of religion, race, ethnicity, and cultural identity-are in competition with technology for the hearts and minds of their societies. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the great game of globalization-and the ultimate theme of Friedman's challenging, provocative book, essential reading for all who care about how the world really works.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HF 1359 F911le 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000055081
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HF 1359 F792c 2001 Chomsky and globalisation / HF 1359 F899c 2007 Capitalismo global: el trasfondo económico de la historia del siglo XX / HF 1359 F899g 2006 Global capitalism : its fall and rise in the twentieth century / HF 1359 F911le 2000 The Lexus and the olive tree / HF 1359 F911l 1999 The Lexus and the olive tree / HF 1359 F911l 2000 The Lexus and the olive tree / HF 1359 F911t 1999 Tradición versus innovación /

Includes index.

Opening scene : the world is ten years old -- Seeing the system: The new system -- Information arbitrage -- Lexus and the olive tree -- And the walls came tumbling down -- Microchip immune deficiency -- The golden straitjacket -- The electronic herd -- Plugging into the system: DOScapital 6.0 -- Globalution -- Shapers, adapters, and other new ways of thinking about power -- Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France -- The golden arches theory of conflict prevention -- Demolition man -- Winners take all -- Backlash against the system: Backlash -- Groundswell -- America and the system: Rational exuberance -- Revolution is U.S. -- If you want to speak to a human being, press 1 -- There is a way forward.

A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as a reporter and columnist to produce a pithy, trenchant, riveting look at the worldwide market forces that are driving today's economies and how they are playing out both internationally and locally. Globalization is the technologically driven expression of free-market capitalism, and as such is essentially an American creation. It has irrevocably changed the way business is done and has raised living standards throughout the world. But powerful local forces-of religion, race, ethnicity, and cultural identity-are in competition with technology for the hearts and minds of their societies. Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the great game of globalization-and the ultimate theme of Friedman's challenging, provocative book, essential reading for all who care about how the world really works.

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