The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman is the New York Times "Foreign Affairs" columnist. His 1999 book The Lexus and the Olive Tree explains globalization. "This book is an effort to explain how this new era of globalization became the dominant international system at the end of the twentieth century -- replacing the Cold War system -- and to examine how it now shapes virtually everyone's domestic politics and international relations."