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Thomas L. Friedman is a columnist for the New York Times and has authored a number of books, including From Beirut to Jerusalem, recounting his years a reporter in Lebanon and Israel, as well as The Lexus and the Olive Tree, a defense of globalization and free trade.
His work has been critized for being a defense of neo-liberal and free trade policies and deriding those challenging these policies. [1]
He is also a supporter of the war in Iraq. [2]
He is married to Ann Friedman. "In England, he met Ann Bucksbaum, a Phi Beta Kappa Stanford graduate studying at the London School of Economics. She came from a wealthy Iowa real-estate family. They courted and married in 1978 during a small ceremony in London’s Hyde Park Synagogue." The article adds that "One irony is that Friedman married into one of the 100 richest families in the country a quarter century ago and now is far more famous than it is. The Bucksbaums, widely recognized as benevolent leaders in the real-estate industry and pioneers in the development of shopping malls, are worth about $2.7 billion. Friedman says his father-in-law, patriarch Matthew Bucksbaum, is his best friend." [1]
- Board Member, Pulitzer Prize [2]
http://blogs.forbes.com/kerenblankfeld/2010/08/18/the-tarnishing-of-the-bucksbaum-family-legacy/
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