Friedman, Thomas L <br/><br/>
The Lexus and the olive tree :  understanding globalization / 
Thomas L. Friedman 
 - First Picador edition. 
 - xxii, 490 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Foreword to the 2000 edition -- Opening scene : the world is ten years old -- The new system -- Information arbitrage -- The Lexus and the olive tree -- ... And the walls came tumbling down -- Microchip Immune Deficiency -- The golden straitjacket -- The electronic herd -- 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 -- The backlash -- The groundswell -- Rational exuberance -- Revolution is U.S. -- If you want to speak to a human being, press 1 -- There is a way forward 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250013743 (paperback) 1250013747 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations<br/>Free trade<br/>Capitalism--Social aspects<br/>Technological innovations--Economic aspects<br/>Technological innovations--Social aspects<br/>Intercultural communication<br/>Globalization
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign economic relations
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF1359