Origins of economic thought in modern Japan Book

Origins of Economic Thought in Modern Japan describes the emergence of economics in the period of Japanese Enlightenment or the first two decades of the Meiji era. At this time there was general agreement for the need to modernize the country by abolishing all remaining aspects of feudalism and generally opening up to Western economic thought. The author examines the main characteristics of economic thought at this time in particular, the predominance of nationalism among both proponents of protectionism and free-trade.