Free book excerpt from The Lexus and The Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman. When taken all together the elements of this Cold War system influenced the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtually every country in the world. The Cold War system didn't shape everything, but it shaped many things. Today's era of globalization, which replaced the Cold War, is a similar international system, with its own unique attributes.
Globalization means the spread of free-market capitalism to virtually every country in the world.
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