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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society : The Japanese Experience
Yamada, Toshio - 2018
theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese … theory of civil society in the postwar period, 2) applying the régulation theory to the analysis of contemporary Japan, and 3 …Part I: Postwar Japan and the Theory of Civil Society -- Chapter 1: Political Economy in Japan after World War II …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396839
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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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Nature, Economy and Society : Understanding the Linkages
Ghosh, Nilanjan (ed.); Mukhopadhyay, Pranab (ed.);  … - 2016
Chapter 1. Ecological Economics: At the interface of nature, economy, and society -- Chapter 2. Nature, Economy and … Society: Of values, valuation and policy-making in an unequal world -- Chapter 3. Social metabolism and environmental …This book presents an enquiry into the interface between nature, economy and society, which is still in its early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017795
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American Exceptionalism : Economics, Finance, Political Economy, and Economic Laws
Ramrattan, Lall; Szenberg, Michael - 2019
The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397058
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From Keynes to Piketty : The Century that Shook Up Economics
Haan, Peter de - 2016
From Keynes to Piketty provides the reader with an accessible and entertaining insight into the development of economic thought over the past century. Starting with John Maynard Keynes's bestseller, The Economic Consequences of Peace (1919), and ending with Thomas Piketty's blockbuster, Capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397574
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Work, Wealth, and Postmodernism : The Intellectual Conflict at the Heart of Business Endeavour
Bowden, Bradley - 2018
This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business endeavour is based. The author highlights postmodernism’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397608
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A Critical History of Economics
Mills, John - 2002
John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. He argues that the main goal of economics ought to be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty and sustainability. That it has failed to do so is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054358
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Arts, Sciences, and Economics : A Historical Safari
Puu, Tönu - 2015 - 2nd ed. 2015
This book deals with the economic aspects of changing attitudes in arts and sciences. The effects of the public good character of culture, along with the very long production period and lifetime for its products, are emphasized, since both contribute to the failure of normal market solutions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017617
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Arts, Sciences, and Economics : A Historical Safari
Puu, Tönu (contributor) - 2006
Deals with economic aspects of changing attitudes in arts and sciences. This book emphasizes the effects of the public good character of culture, along with the very long production period and lifetime for its products, as both contribute to the failure of normal market solutions
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520555
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Japan Study as a Public Good in Asia
Huang, Lin; Song, Jin-wen; Nam, Kijeong; Ng, Benjamin … - 2019
new overseas Chinese in Japan: What case studies tell us -- Part 3 Robust Society against Natural Disasters -- 6 People …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987992