Lexus and the Olive Tree

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• The Power of the Electronic Herd

  In a widely publicized study carried out in the late 1950s and early 1960s, researchers asked citizens of more than a dozen countries around the world whether they were happy with their lives. While the answers indicated a wide range of attitudes wit ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

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  Written by the same author who wrote The World is Flat. This book talks about globalization before 9/11. Good book but also suffer from the author's bad habit of using too many words and chapters to say a simple idea

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  老林 said on Jun 24, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Seriously difficult reading for me, taking me a month to finish. But well worth it.

  A probe into globalization, what it is, and what it means for the world's future. Like it or not, globalization has spreads its profound influence in the smallest and most mundane things (what we eat, watch, read, ... (continue)

  Seriously difficult reading for me, taking me a month to finish. But well worth it.

  A probe into globalization, what it is, and what it means for the world's future. Like it or not, globalization has spreads its profound influence in the smallest and most mundane things (what we eat, watch, read, surf online) to the very economies of the countries. It's a sink or swim.

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• English Books
• Paperback
• ISBN-10: 0385720157
• ISBN-13: 9780385720151
• Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm)
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2000
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书

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