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Author Friedman, Thomas L.

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

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  337 F914    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  337 FRIEDMAN    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Description xxi, 469 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Opening scene : the world is ten years old -- pt. 1: Seeing the system. ch. 1. The new system -- ch. 2. Information arbitrage -- ch. 3. The Lexus and the olive tree -- ch. 4. And the walls came tumbling down -- ch. 5. Microchip immune deficiency -- ch. 6. The golden straitjacket -- ch. 7. The electronic herd -- pt. 2: Plugging into the system. ch. 8. DOScapital 6.0 -- ch. 9. Globalution -- ch. 10. Shapers, adapters, and other new ways of thinking about power -- ch. 11. Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France -- ch. 12. The golden arches theory of conflict prevention -- ch. 13. Demolition man -- ch. 14. Winners take all -- pt. 3: Backlash against the system. ch. 15. Backlash -- ch. 16. Groundswell -- pt. 4: America and the system. ch. 17. Rational exuberance -- ch. 18. Revolution is U.S. -- ch. 19. If you want to speak to a human being, press 1 -- ch. 20. There is a way forward.
Subject International economic relations.
Free trade.
Capitalism -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Intercultural communication.
United States -- Foreign economic relations.
Globalization.
ISBN 0374185522 alkaline paper
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