"Lexus and the olive tree" by Thomas L. Friedman.

THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE by Thomas L. Friedman Foreword to the Anchor Edition         Globalization is not a trend or a fad but is an international system which replaced the Cold War system and, like its predecessor has its own rules and logic that now influence the politics, geopolitics, economics and environment of virtually every country in the world.     I have carefully examined the controversial sub-theses. One of them is my Golden Arches theory …showed first 75 words of 10546 total…

…showed last 75 words of 10546 total…the other down from the shared center.     The RIGHT side represents "Integrationists"who really welcome globalization and promote it through free trade, more Internet commerce, more networking of schools, communication and business; more Electronic mail so we can have global integration 24 hours a day across the 24 time zones and into cyberspace.     At the LEFT are the "Separatists," who believe free trade and technological integration create wider income gaps, lead to jobs being sent abroad, homogenize