Product Description: For the economies of both the United States and Japan the 1980s was an eventful decade. In the United States, this was the decade of the Reagan macroeconomic policy characterized by very large budget and trade deficits, a major tax cut, a strong dollar, a large capital inflow especially from Japan, and intensifying trade conflicts with Japan...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Japanese and American economists assess the present economic status of the elderly in the United States and Japan, and consider the impact of an aging population on the economies of the two countries.With essays on labor force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, budget implications of an aging population, and financing social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the economics of aging...read more

Product Description: While much has been written about economic competition between the United States and Japan, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that their relationship is founded essentially on each sides' domestic political concerns. Many critics have concluded that to gain a new equilibrium in relations, the two counties must develop a sophisticated appreciation of each other's political dynamics...read more