Japan: Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Constraints

ISBN-13: 9780367020699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 152 str.

Edward A. Olsen

Opis

This study evaluates, from a neo-Malthusian perspective, Japan's current status and its prognosis in the context of the country's economic vulnerabilities. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Malthus, N. Georgescu-Roegen, H. and M. Sprout, and assorted environmental-ecological doomsayers, the author reaches pessimistic conclusions about Japan's very long term prospects, but holds out some slim hope for Japan if international cooperation of nearly Utopian dimensions can be achieved.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Introduction -- Japanese Economic Growth, an Overview -- Changing Japanese Perceptions of Nature and Societal Constraints -- Japan, a Neo-Malthusian State -- Internationalism, Economic Vulnerability, and Policy Options

O autorze

Olsen, Edward A.