Books That Changed My Mind: Globalism

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 6, 2014

As patrons nominate their libraries for the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards, The Brian Lehrer Show talks to writers about "Books That Changed My Mind."  Today, Thomas Friedman, columnist for The New York Times and the author of many books, including The World is Flat  (Picador, 2007) and The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Picador 2012), talks about his books and his picks.

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