Quotes from book
The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Name: The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Author: Thomas Friedman

A foreign affairs columnist offers an incisive look at globalization from a social, economic, political, and cultural perspective and assesses the impact of this trend both at home and abroad.

“The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization. […] The tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces.”

Thomas Friedman book The Lexus and the Olive Tree

[The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, 1st edition, May 2, 2000, Anchor, ISBN 0-3854-9934-5, The Golden Straitjacket]

“The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism.”

Thomas Friedman book The Lexus and the Olive Tree

[The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, 1st edition, May 2, 2000, Anchor, ISBN 0-3854-9934-5, The Golden Straitjacket]

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