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"This book compares two countries and with common institutional structures and other similarities and a fruitful platform for the study of the similarities and differences in economic and societal development of Japan and Finland. Despite their geographic distance from one another and the differences in their cultures, economic structures, and relative sizes, both countries experienced a rather similar economic and societal development pattern after the Second World War. The book provides comprehensive coverage on issues such as welfare society, educational system, a transition from agricultural sector to high tech sector, and bubble and its collapse, thus, typical to these countries, from a longitudinal perspective. The book aims to answer a fundamentalquestion in social science --- "why there seem to be common trends and developmental paths among countries differing in size, culture, and economic structure?" This book will provide insight for those seeking to decipher how the developments in their owncountries came about and where they may be headed to. "--
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Yasushi Tanaka is a Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto Sangyo University. He is a labour economist with particular interests in human capital theory, OJT, cooperative education, and economic inequality.
Toshiaki Tamaki is a Professor of Economic History at Kyoto Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics. He specializes in economic history of early modern Europe.
Jari Ojala is a Professor of Comparative Business History at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology. He specializes in maritime and business history.
Jari Eloranta is a Professor of History at the Appalachian State University, USA, and Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Economic History at the University of Jyväskylä. He specializes in comparative economic and business history, especially 19th
and 20th
century government and military spending and conflicts.
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This book compares between Japan and Finland to offer a fruitful platform for the study of the similarities and differences in economic and societal development.
