THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE Author : Thomas L. Friedman Publisher : Anchor Books, 2000

PERHAPS you are wondering why we need to examine a book that provides an understanding of globalization at a time when Indonesians are preoccupied with talk about preparations for the era of regional autonomy, with all of its implications. It is precisely because we are stupefied with this issue of regional autonomy that the recent arrival of Thomas L. Friedma...