Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 24, 1995 - Political Science - 544 pages
In a timely, even prophetic, portrait of Asia's rise and the magnitude of its challenge to the West, Fallows demolishes the myth that Japan is a capitalist country built on the Western model. He demonstrates instead how Japan's economic system treats business as an instrument of national interest while casting aside the traditional Western values of individual enterprise and human rights.

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The Mystery of the Chips
21
The Drive to Catch Up
72
The American Years
117
Copyright

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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. He has reported from around the world and has worked in software design at Microsoft, as the editor of U.S. News & World Report, and as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. He is currently a news analyst for NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered and a visiting professor at the University of Sydney.

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