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With all the rapid economic success in Japan, it is easy to forget just how insular the nation has been, and how strikingly different its trading patterns remain from those of other industrialized nations.

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Discusses Japan's post-World War II burst of growth and the complex interplay of demographic, cultural, economic, and political forces that shaped the subsequent emergence of large domestic imbalances. Edward J. Lincoln focuses on the changes experienced by Japan's financial institutions and their implications for international economic transactions.

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A detailed examination of Japanese banking and investment activities in the United States. It offers a picture of both the causes of the recent growth of foreign investment activity and the consequences of this trend for American companies, households and government agencies.

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In order to affirm its status as an "advanced industrial nation," Japan has formally adopted a sweeping program of liberalization in its own trade and payments. In practice, however, this program is subject to various limitations; to a considerable extent the apparently smooth implementation of the liberalization program may be attributed to the sy

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Japan's remarkable penetration into foreign markets in industries ranging from automobiles to semiconductors has fueled great interest in Japanese foreign investment.

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Joint Industrial Councils: Inception, Adoption, and Utilization, 1917-1939 is a study of how a WWI proposal for permanent improvement in labor-management relations came about, why the target industries ignored it, and how it found a purpose in the second-tier industries for which it was not originally intended.

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Examines government efforts to control the terms of foreign investment between 1979 and 1988 and, the abilities of socialist states to establish the terms of their participation in the world economy. This book also comments on the fate of the 'open' policy following the economic retrenchment and political upheavals of the late 1980s.

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Joseph Schumpeter was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. He is well-known for his idea of 'creative destruction'. He argued that mass democracy had totalitarian tendencies and was likely to degenerate into the tyranny of the popular. This volume is part of the "Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers" series.

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The renowned economist Joseph A Schumpeter (1883-1950) made seminal contributions not only to economic theory but also to sociology and economic history. This anthology emphasizes his broad socio-economic vision and his attempt to analyze economic reality from several different perspectives.

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Through careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of ethics, he develops principles of rights, compensat

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This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marxs Capital, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.

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A new set of major changes is reshaping the economy and creating challenges that are testing the mettle and talents of organizations and their employees. The requirements for new employees or the redesigned employees is quickly changing.

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The essays in this book examine the role of education and the university in economic development.

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This book concentrates on knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles; their dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform; and Chinas integration into the global political economy.

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This book concentrates on knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles; their dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform; and Chinas integration into the global political economy.

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Highlights the influence of Edmund Phelps' ideas. Addressing the most important debates in macroeconomic theory, this book focuses on the rates at which new technologies arise and information about markets is dispersed, information imperfections, and the heterogeneity of beliefs as determinants of an economy's performance.