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Japan Study as a Public Good in Asia
Huang, Lin; Song, Jin-wen; Nam, Kijeong; Ng, Benjamin … - 2019
This book describes and clarifies how certain problems can be resolved in Japan and Asia. For the future, the focus … should be on Japan, which can provide "common knowledge" as a public good. The book collects the results of researchers in … Japan, China, South Korea, and Indonesia on declining birthrates and aging, rapid technological innovation and societal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987992
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Economic Analysis of Families and Society : The Transformation of Japanese Society and Public Policies
Yamashige, Shinji - 2017
This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes … -- Part III Social Policies in Japan -- 8 Population Crisis -- 9 Poverty -- 10 Regional Disparity -- 11 Epilogue: Social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397661
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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society : The Japanese Experience
Yamada, Toshio - 2018
This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the … theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese … elaboration of a new conceptual framework, but it soon proved unable to directly explain Japan’s experience by that central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396839
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Uber : Innovation in Society
Schneider, Henrique - 2017
This book employs a variety of economic and philosophical methodologies in order to discover the philosophical implications of creative destruction, competition regulation, and the role that businesses or market agents play. Instead of discussing these relations in a purely abstract manner,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397503
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Wellbeing Economics : The Capabilities Approach to Prosperity
Dalziel, Paul; Saunders, Caroline; Saunders, Joe - 2018
Economists have long sought to maximise economic growth, believing this to be their best contribution to improving human welfare. That approach is not sustainable in the face of ongoing issues such as global climate change, environmental damage, rising inequality and enduring poverty....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396891
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Is Corruption Curable?
Sekkat, Khalid - 2018
This book explores how corruption is now widely recognized as a major “disease” which threatens not only economic development but also the foundations of societies. As well as examining the causes and consequences of corruption, this book also offers a deep analysis of possible cures. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396907
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Finance, Society and Sustainability : How to Make the Financial System Work for the Economy, People and Planet
Silver, Nick - 2017
This book is a critical analysis of the impact of the financial system on the economy, society and the natural environment. It cuts through the noise to looks at its purpose, its activities, and what it does in practice. Unlike other books that cover the last financial crisis and the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397307
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The Singularity of Western Innovation : The Language Nexus
Dudley, Leonard - 2017
This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397309
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Beyond Tears and Laughter : Gender, Migration, and the Service Sector in China
Shen, Yang - 2019
This book explores the experience of China's migrant laborers in Shanghai from economic, anthropological, and gendered analyses, offering extraordinary insights into the life-world of the marginalized people. China has hundreds of millions of internal migrants coming from the countryside to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397379
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A Discussion on Chinese Road of NGOs : Reform and Co-governance by Society
Wang, Ming (ed.) - 2017
This book reflects the author’s views on NGO development in China and includes recent papers, reviews, and policy suggestions he has written. This collection introduces the current state of research on NGOs and their development in China to an English-speaking audience, allowing them to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397788