The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization runs 23 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Thomas L. Friedman (about 15.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 23 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 5,613 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Business & Career Development shelf
24 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization is an audiobook by Thomas L. Friedman: a 23-hour unabridged recording, read by Thomas L. Friedman, released July 2, 2013, on the Business & Career Development and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Released
- July 2, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business & Career Development, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781442368057
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization as an audiobook?
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization runs 23 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.3 hours.
Is The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization?
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization is narrated by Thomas L. Friedman.
Is The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.3 hours, saving 7.7 hours.