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Globalization, according to Thomas Friedman, author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, is the new paradigm for comprehending the current state of economics, politics, and world culture. Globalization is the integration of labor, capital, technology, and information across national borders. Friedman states that in order to understand the post-Cold War world, it is first necessary to gain an understanding of the new international system, which has succeeded it-globalization
Friedman relates what is a very complicated subject in straightforward language. Drawing on his many years of travel as a foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, Friedman uses first hand accounts of these travels to help the reader comprehend how globalization effects individuals and the societies in which they live. He illustrates the tensions between modernizing free market global economy, the Lexus, and the olive tree, the traditional forces of culture, geography and community that provide a sense of identity that is important to cultures all over the world. ... Friedman believes that the USA should not be too reluctant to assume this role, or the system of globalization will become too unpredictable to maintain relative peace and prosperity in the world. ... ”
As globalization increases more manual and repetitive jobs will be performed by machinery or shipped overseas.
Approximate Word count = 1000
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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