The Origins of Economic Thought in Modern Japan - 9780415085915

Taylor & Francis

By examining economic thought in the period of the Japanese Enlightenment, this book makes clear the reasons behind the success of Japanese economic development. > By throwing light on economic thought in the period of the Japanese Enlightenment, this book will make clear what led to the institutionalization of business and economic education, the birth of the pioneer business enterprise and of serious economic journalism and the reasons behind the success of Japanese economic development. > Chapter 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN MEIJI JAPAN; Chapter 2 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF NISHI AMANE; Chapter 3 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF TSUDA MAMICHI; Chapter 4 THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF FUKUZAWA YUKICHI; Chapter 5 THE BIRTH OF BUSINESS EDUCATION; Chapter 6 THE BIRTH OF A LIMITED COMPANY; Chapter 7 THE BIRTH OF ECONOMIC JOURNALISM; Chapter 8 PROTECTIONISTS ON THE OFFENSIVE; Chapter 9 THE IMPERIAL CONSTITUTION; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index; > Chuhei Sugiyama is Professor of E.