title
:
MITI and the Japanese Miracle : The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975
author
:
Johnson, Chalmers A.
publisher
:
Stanford University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
print isbn13
:
9780804712064
ebook isbn13
:
9780585107622
language
:
English
subject
Japan.--Tsusho Sangyosho--History, Industrial policy--Japan--History
publication date
:
1982
lcc
:
HD3616.J33J643 1982eb
ddc
:
354.520082/06
subject
:
Japan.--Tsusho Sangyosho--History, Industrial policy--Japan--History
Page i
Miti and the Japanese Miracle
Page ii
Peter F. Drucker
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Miti and the Japanese Miracle
The Growth of Industrial Policy, 19251975
Chalmers Johnson
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Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
© 1982 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Printed in the United States of America
Cloth ISBN 0-8047-1128-3
Paper ISBN 0-8047-1206-9
Original printing 1982
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Preface
Perhaps the oldest and most basic subject in the study of political economy is the relationship between governmental institutions and economic activity. The distinctions in this field lie at the heart of all modern political analysis: free trade versus mercantilism, socialism versus capitalism, laissez faire versus social goal setting, the public sector versus the private sectorand, ultimately, a concern with procedures (liberty) versus a concern with outcomes (equality). Japan occupies a preeminent place in this discussion as both a model and a case. Japan's postwar economic triumphthat is, the unprecedented economic growth that has made Japan the second most productive open economy that has ever
