Olive Tree And Lexus
Several thousand world trade organization protesters in seattle were a testament to the power of the olive tree.
Olive tree and lexus. The olive tree is synonymous with traditional communal agrarian existence. The lexus the automobile that uses parts from all over the world represents the marvels of technological development and global integration. I haven t read that one yet but i hope to get to it if my to read stack ever starts going down. One is the dynamist world embodied in friedman s lexus and the other is the stasist view of his olive tree.
The lexus and the olive tree. The drive for prosperity and development symbolized by the lexus ls and the desire to retain identity and traditions symbolized by the olive tree. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles. The lexus and the olive tree is an overview of economic globalization in the post cold war era.
My copy of lexus is the 2000 edition. Understanding globalization is a 1999 book by thomas l. But the good news is that the dynamist view is winning and it is not easy to see how we can turn back.