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The demand for and supply of elderly care in Japan 日本老年护理的需求与供给

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2022.2039070

T. Marukawa

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Four years of the renewed Japanese Political Economy 日本政治经济复兴的四年

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2022.2062116

Nobuharu Yokokawa

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Japanese capitalism in multiple crises 多重危机中的日本资本主义

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.2012700

M. Itoh

引用次数: 1

Review article: Reflections on compressed development: Time and timing in economic and social development 评论文章:关于压缩发展的思考:经济社会发展的时间与时机

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.2016127

Nobuharu Yokokawa

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引用次数: 2

Wolfgang Streeck in Tokyo: Japan’s secular stagnation as a delayed crisis of democratic capitalism 沃尔夫冈·施特雷克在东京:日本的长期停滞是民主资本主义的延迟危机

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.2014339

M. Carroll

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引用次数: 2

Introduction: Japan’s secular stagnation and the American mirror 导读:日本的长期停滞与美国的镜像

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2022.2043167

R. Desai

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Beyond secular stagnation: A digital and green economy? 超越长期停滞:数字化和绿色经济?

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.2012806

D. Whittaker

引用次数: 3

Secular stagnation: real problems and statistical illusions 长期停滞:现实问题和统计错觉

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.2007778

J. Galbraith

引用次数: 2

On the labor theory of value as the basis for the analysis of economic inequality in the capitalist economy 以劳动价值论为基础分析资本主义经济中的经济不平等

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1952081

N. Yoshihara

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Financialization and income inequality: An empirical analysis 金融化与收入不平等:一个实证分析

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1945465

Kangkook Lee, Md Abu Bakkar Siddique

引用次数: 4