Theories and practices of mixed economy systems

Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the end of East-West confrontation in 1991, the economic systems of both East and West, including those of a variety of North and South (developed and developing) countries, have all moved toward mixed economies, typified by a free market with some government participation.

The key concepts are "market economy," "smaller government and the Third Sector, Le, activities of non-profit and non-governmental organizations (NPOs and NGOs). I have accumulated articles that survey the comparative history of mixed

economies in Japan, at the national and local levels, during the fifty years following World War II. Readers may learn from Japanese experiences, both good and bad. They will read especially of public enterprise at the national level, of the roles of the Japan National Railways, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation and other public corporations since 1949, of local public enterprise since 1952, and of the functions of local government and the Third Sector in urban and regional development since the 1980s.