The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas L. Friedman
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Economics
- Time of Work: The 1980’s and 1990’s
- Principal Characters: Thomas L. Friedman, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Larry Summers
- Genres: Nonfiction, Economics
- Subjects: Factories, Journalism or journalists, Economics, Japan or Japanese people, Technology, Internet, Automobiles, Geopolitics
As the foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times during the 1990’s, Thomas L. Friedman was among the most perceptive, intelligent commentators on the world scene at the end of the twentieth century. His frequent appearances on television news programs added to his reputation as a persuasive and often puckish analyst of foreign affairs. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times and a National Book Award in 1989 for his first book From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), Friedman examines the process of economic change that is reshaping...
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