In his introduction to The Lexus and the Olive Tree Freidman states that "[t]he world is 10 years old. It was born when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. The Cold War system was replaced by a new, very greased, interconnected system called globalization." He is right, as evidenced first by the growth of portable computers and other electronic products, we have six portable and notebook computers in a house of four people, each connected through a wireless high-speed network to the other and the world not to mention cell phones (we all have one or more), beepers, fax machines (even my grand parents have one) and PDA's. In addition we have seen the fall of communism (or the liberalization as in China) in all parts of the world except Cuba and North Korea. This new world, where as Lawrence Grossman former president of NBC notes, we have all become broadcasters, has a new set of rules for individuals and nations. In this paper I will detail the rules of globalization as noted by......

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Title: The Lexus And The Olive Tree
Approximate Word Count: 2471
Approximate Pages: 10 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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