JAPAN: Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Constraints

by Edward A. Olsen

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429726125
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Olsen, Edward A.

Table of Contents

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