1. Rising higher income inequality in Japan and elsewhere -- 2. History of income distribution in postwar Japan -- 3. Causes of rising inequality -- 4. Wealth distribution and intergenerational transfers -- 5. Equality of opportunity and equality of outcome -- 6. Policy recommendations for some...

The book attempts to examine whether trade unions in Japan contributed to raising wages, productivity and firm's performance. In the western world trade unions are often regarded as organizations which prevent firms from performing well. The Japanese case may be different from Europe and North...