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From this point, no return

the Necessity of Sustaining Globalization

homas Friedman loves to populize globalization. As columnist for the New York Times, it's frequently Friedman's job to explain his personal take on complex international crises and issues. In his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Friedman explains for a general audience the pros and cons of globalization. He doesn't treat it as a mysterious force or an unwilling puppet in the scheme of multinational corporations to take over the world. Instead, he treats it as a complex social phenomenon with some basic, solid roots right here in the real world.

Friedman explains the inner workings of globalization and global capitalism with the ease and grace of an elementary school teacher - quickly ascribing his own terms ("the golden straightjacket," "super-empowered angry men," etc.) to the aspects of globalization he wishes to emphasize.

Ultimately, Friedman treats globalization not as directional evolutionary phenomenon, but instead simply as something that is with us now. Need it remain with us? Friedman takes no position on that, but does assume that no one will be stopping it anytime soon.

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