Author: Sheldon Garon

In this meticulously researched study, Sheldon Garon examines the evolution of Japan’s governmental policies toward labor from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and he substantially rev …

Why Americans aren’t thrifty and the rest of the world is If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow excessively. What can we lea …

How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? And to care for the elderly within the family? How did the public come to support legalized prost …