Book Review: The Lexus And The Olive Tree If you want to understand the post-Cold War world, you have to start by understanding the new system that has succeeded it --- globalization. That is the premise of the book The Lexus and the Olive Tree by the New York Times foregin affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman. The book is divided into three parts. Part One, "Seeing the System" explains the system of globalization and how …showed first 75 words of 883 total…

…showed last 75 words of 883 total…is him. He gets to travel all around the world (he has eaten from McDonalds in all countries where McDonalds is present) and talk to the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, ordinary people in almost all the countries. This book is written based on anecdotes based on his travel. This book is easy to read, and even though it is a book about finance, there are no boring economic lectures. This book is highly recommended.