1st Edition

The Origins of Economic Thought in Modern Japan

By Chuhei Sugiyama Copyright 1994
    150 Pages
    by Routledge

    150 Pages
    by Routledge

    By throwing light on economic thought in the period of the Japanese Enlightenment, this book will make clear what led to the institutionalization of business and economic education, the birth of the pioneer business enterprise and of serious economic journalism and the reasons behind the success of Japanese economic development.

    Chapter 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN MEIJI JAPAN; Chapter 2 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF NISHI AMANE; Chapter 3 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF TSUDA MAMICHI; Chapter 4 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF FUKUZAWA YUKICHI; Chapter 5 THE BIRTH OF BUSINESS EDUCATION; Chapter 6 THE BIRTH OF A LIMITED COMPANY; Chapter 7 THE BIRTH OF ECONOMIC JOURNALISM; Chapter 8 PROTECTIONISTS ON THE OFFENSIVE; Chapter 9 THE IMPERIAL CONSTITUTION; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;

    Biography

    Chuhei Sugiyama is Professor of Economics at the Tokyo Keizai University. He is an honorary member of the British Association for Japanese Studies and has written extensively on Japanese economic thought.