The Lexus and the olive tree: understanding globalization

Foreword to the 2000 edition

Opening scene : the world is ten years old

Part One. Seeing the system. The new system

Information arbitrage

The Lexus and the olive tree

... And the walls came tumbling down

Microchip Immune Deficiency

The golden straitjacket

The electronic herd

Part Two. Plugging into the system. DOScapital 6.0

Globalution

Shapers, adapters and other new ways of thinking about power

Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France

The golden arches theory of conflict prevention

Demolition man

Winners take all

Part Three. The backlash against the system. The backlash

The groundswell

Part Four. America and the system. Rational exuberance

Revolution is U.S.

If you want to speak to a human being, press 1

There is a way forward.