TheEconomicTheoryofModernSociety

Thisvolumewasoriginallypublishedin1976.Thedifferencetypesofsocietyintheworld-capitalist,socialist,mixed,etc.-havemanyfeaturesincommon,despitetheirdissimilarities.Theobjectofthisbookistomakecleartheeconomiclogicofsocietyingeneral,whichappliestosocialistaswellascapitalisteconomies.TakingtheJapaneseeconomyasanexample,partofthebooktriestoexplainhowanactualeconomycandeviatefromthe'ideal'lawsofmotion,andshowsthatsuchaberrationsthemselvesobeycertainrules.Inabroadsense,itbelongsinthedomainofthetheoryofcomparativesystems.ThebookisbasedonlectureswhichProfessorMorishimagavetostudentsatOsakaUniversityin1967–1968.ItistranslatedfromtheJapanesebyD.W.Anthony.