chapter 1 Introduction: Culture, economics, and economic behavior -- chapter 2 Western economics and the economy of Japan -- chapter 3 "What are the questions?" -- chapter 4 An analytical vision of the workings of the United States economy -- chapter 5 The workings of the Japanese economy --...

This paper traces the history of the failed automobile-trade negotiations between Japan and the United States from the 1970 s to the mid 1990 s. It attributes the failure of those negotiations to a lack of understanding on both sides of not only what was motivating the other side, but also the...