The Lexus and the Olive Tree Tapa blanda - 1999

London: Harper Collins, 1999. Pb, 394 pgs, Good, light crease to front cover. Engrossing and well received account of globalization.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HarperCollins, Australia, 1999. Hardcover. Good Condition. A powerful account of the state of the world today - where fast food and fanaticism, shopping and civil war go hand in hand.Half of this new, post-cold-war world is intent on building a better Lexus, on streamlining their societies and economies for the global marketplace, while the other half is locked in elemental struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land.FACT: no two countries with a McDonald's have been at war.FACT: Welsh football club Llansantffraid changed its name to 'Total Network Solutions' in exchange for $400,000FACT: betting on the yen lost George Soros $600 million in a day and altered the course of international diplomacyNo power is strong enough to resist the global markets - the key question, addressed in this book, is how best to accomodate them, how to retain national identity and control over our lives while still… Leer más

Harper Collins. Very Good. 6.02 x 1.02 x 9.21 inches. Paperback. 1999. 416 pages. <br>Met lit.opg. en index .