Japan--why it works, why it doesn't :economics in everyday life
- 其他作者: Mak, James,
- 出版: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press ©1998.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) :illustrations.
- 叢書名: A Latitude 20 book
- 標題: EconomicsComparative. , Since 1945 , Wirtschaft , Electronic books. , Economic Conditions. , Economic History. , Economische situatie. , Nationale kenmerken. , Manners and customs. , Conditions économiques , Japan Social life and customs -- 1945- , Japon Mœurs et coutumes -- 1945- , Japan Economic conditions -- 1945- , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS , National characteristics, Japanese. , Mœurs et coutumes , Alltag , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Japan , POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. , Japan. , Japonais. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History. , Social life and customs , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics -- Comparative. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions. , Economic history. , Japon , Economic conditions , Japon Conditions économiques -- 1945- , Aufsatzsammlung
- ISBN: 0824863054 , 9780824863050
- ISBN: 0824819675 , 9780824819675
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- 附註: "A Latitude 20 book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index. Do the Japanese live better than Americans? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why avoid the altar? / Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa -- Why go to school after school? / Shigeyuki Abe and Kazuhiro Igawa -- Why so many gifts? / Robert Parry -- Why is Pachinko so popular? / Shigeyuki Abe and James Mak -- Why are the Japanese obsessed with luxury brand-name goods? / Kazuo Nishiyama -- Why are there so many small shops in Japan? / James Mak and Shyam Sunder -- How do the Japanese and Americans spend their money? / James Mak -- How can the Japanese manage without personal checking accounts? / Toshiki Jinushi and James Mak -- What are most Japanese doing on tax day? / Robert McCleery -- Why do students take it easy at the university? / Shigeyuki Abe [and others] -- Why do Japanese companies hire only spring graduates? / Teruyuki Higa -- Why don't workers claim all their overtime? / Teruyuki Higa and Karen Lupardus -- How do workers get paid? / Naoki Mitani -- Do the Japanese work till they drop? / Yoshitaka Fukui -- Why do the Japanese save so much? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why is Japan a paradise of vending machines? / Robert Parry -- Why do doctors prescribe so many pills? / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner LaCroix -- Why do bank automatic teller machines shut down at 7 P.M.? / Shyam Sunder -- Why is rice so expensive in Japan? / Susumu Hondai -- How can the Japanese spend so little on health care? / Matthew Loke and James Mak -- How does Japan's largest bank work? / Toshiki Jinushi -- Why do so many Japanese contribute to public TV? / Kazuhiro Igawa and James Mak -- Why are so few people on welfare in Japan? Yoko Kimura -- What are the Keiretsu and why do some U.S. companies dislike them? / Gary Kikuchi -- Is Japan an egalitarian society? / Harry Oshima.
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This collection of twenty-six essays furnishes concise explanations of everyday Japanese life in simplified economic terms. They begin with such questions as, Do Japanese live better than Americans? Why don't Japanese workers claim all their overtime? Why don't Japanese use personal checking accounts? Why do Japanese give and receive so many gifts? The essays are written in non-technical, accessible language intended for the undergraduate or advanced placement high school student taking an economics course or studying Japan in a social science course. The general reader will find the book a fascinating compendium of facts on Japanese culture and daily life.
來源: Google Book
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