Japan--why it works, why it doesn't : economics in everyday life - Mak, James (Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1998)
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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