1st Edition
Japan - Restless Competitor The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism
By Malcolm Trevor
Copyright 2001
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this important new and controversial study about the nature and focus of the Japanese economic agenda, the author argues forcefully that the official mind-set of leading bureaucrats, top politicians and big business, makes it virtually impossible for the western industrialized world to do business on an equal footing. Put simply, it is a question of western free-market economics facing Japanese... Read more
Preface by James Moorhouse MEP Introduction 1. A Crisis of Confidence 2. Myths and Realities 3. A New' Japan 4. Power Holders - The Iron Triangle i. The bureaucrats: policy- makers and regulators ii. Big business: work as national service iii. The politicians: smoke-filled backrooms 5. Will It Ever Change? Figure: Yen to the dollar 1949 to 2000 Japanese Terms References Bibliography Index
Biography
Dr Malcolm Trevor
