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Friedman, der weitgereiste Kolumnist der Sparte Außenpolitik der New York Times, hat Globalisierung verstehen mit zahlreichen Geschichten gespickt, die sein zentrales Thema veranschaulichen: daß Globalisierung -- Beispiel Lexus -- das wesentliche Organisationsprinzip der Welt nach den Zeiten des Kalten Krieges ist, auch wenn sich viele Individuen und Nationen dagegen wehren, indem sie sich an das klammern, was ihnen seit jeher wichtig gewesen ist: der Olivenbaum.
Das Problem ist, daß kaum einer versteht, was Globalisierung wirklich bedeutet. Aus Friedmans Sicht geht es bei diesem Konzept auf den ersten Blick um die amerikanische Hegemonie, um die Disneyfizierung aller Ecken der Erde. Zum Glück ist die Wirklichkeit nicht ganz so einfach, denn es geht auch -- und vor allem -- um internationale Beziehungen, globale Märkte, und um die Zunahme der Macht einzelner Personen (Bill Gates, Osama Bin Laden), der Macht der Nationen entsprechend.
Niemand weiß, wie das alles enden wird, doch Globalisierung verstehen gewährt einen hervorragenden Einblick in diese manchmal schöne, manchmal furchtbare neue Welt, und verschafft einem eine Übersicht, die ihresgleichen sucht. --Lou Schuler -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
Friedman, the well-travelled New York Times foreign-affairs columnist, peppers The Lexus and the Olive Tree with stories that illustrate his central theme: that globalisation--the Lexus--is the central organising principle of the post-cold war world, even though many individuals and nations resist by holding onto what has traditionally mattered to them--the olive tree. Problem is, few of us understand what exactly globalisation means. As Friedman sees it, the concept, at first glance, is all about American hegemony. But the reality, thank goodness, is far more complex than that, involving international relations, global markets and the rise of the power of individuals (Bill Gates, Osama Bin Laden) relative to the power of nations.
No one knows how all this will shake out, but The Lexus and the Olive Tree is as good an overview of this sometimes brave, sometimes fearful new world as you'll find. --Lou Schuler
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Best book on Globalization!,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Taschenbuch)
I am an economist by profession and my job is to analyze the economic and political risk of countries. I have found Friedman's book extremely useful in helping me understand the factors shaping today's global economy. Some people, as I have read in this website reviews, may find Friedman's analysis cold hearted, as the book argues, quite well, that free market capitalism is here to stay, and countries, companies, and individuals need to adapt to the system, or run the risk of being left behind. Not only does the book describes the new system masterfully, but also dares to make recommendations and tries to explain the trends of this new global system. The book's conclussion is one of hope: We do not necessarily need an all encompassinng global government to police the world; the power given by the democratization of technology (internet and widespread information) can create all sorts of organizations that will find all sorts of solutions (and excert pressure) to end corruption, increase transparency and democracy, all of this with market base remedies. It is an excellent book, probably the best I have read on globalization. Don't read "One World, Ready or Not" as one reviewer recommended. The author doesn't have a clue about economics and totally misses the picture. Other than "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" I recommend "ButterFly Economics", which explains why current economic theory is outdated and the author introduces Chaos Theory in order to better explain behavior in today's markets.
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The lexus, the olive tree, and a huge ego,
Von Steve A. Corning (Gurnee, IL USA) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Taschenbuch)
Before reading and listening to the book I thought some of the negative reviews had to be unfair. Then I read and listened to this book, and it was worse than any review had indicated. The opening story about oranges sets the stage. Here is a person so accustomed to luxury and so insulated from the real world, he misses the point himself. Poor communication. and a lack of cultural understanding leads to not getting what you want in the globalized world. His whole thesis is based on being rich and making lots of money. He never mentions going to places like Italy where this is seldom a priority. He judges the "olive tree" culture harshly. He assumes everyone wants a Lexus.
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Wise and Witty,
Von Allen Smalling "Constant Reader," (Chicago, IL United States) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen (REAL NAME)
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Taschenbuch)
The impossibility of restricting information in the Internet age, the impracticality of slowing down innovation in the computer age, and the futility of forbidding foreign investment in the international-banking age are the main themes that run through this wise and witty study of globalization and its consequences for our increasingly fast-paced, increasingly smaller planet.Journalist Thomas L. Friedman's "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" uses a host of metaphors to housebreak international business, finance, culture, technology and the environment for his readers. Flows of capital are controlled by an "Electronic Herd" of investors who flow into lucrative markets (and slosh out just as quickly if they sense trouble, as several southeast Asian countries found to their chagrin in the 1990s). Friedman opines that a country has to have an advanced "operating system" (a predilection to capitalism) to increase its standard of living. The USA and Britian are at the top, followed closely by France and Germany. Korea is just below. These societies can put on the "Golden Straitjacket" of capitalist restraint and watch their economies zoom. But not, say, Russia. They've spend too long under a system by which the success of a bedframe factory is not profit, consumer satisfaction, quality or good shipped but amount of steel consumed, the most absurd, downside-up measure of success possible. But any society--even one as free-market oriented as the USA's--can't leave tradition behind in the dust. Hence the tension between the "Lexus" (high-tech innovation) and the "olive tree" (tradition, pride, tribalism). Note well the current opposition to the WTO. Our go-go technological climate even finds living application in this very book. In between the hardcover issue of "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" (1999) and the new paperback (spring 2000), computer maker Compaq lost its innovative edge to upstart Dell--Friedman explains why in the paperback. This is fun, lively reading. It gives wonk subject matter like business & finance a good name. The amount of research is astonishing, most of it collected on-site, and surely generated enough frequent-flier mileage to get the author a free trip to Mars when the time comes. Friedman is a bit of a true believer--he is SURE that the American way is the right way--but he offers good arguments for his opinions. Time spend on this book will be time well spent. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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