Problems of Advanced Economies

It has been twelve years since the First Symposium on New Problems of Advanced Societies held in November of 1972. During this time, the Second Symposium was held in May of 1976 under the auspices of HWWA-Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung-Hamburg. As the first oil crisis of 1973-74 was still having its impact, the themes taken up in the Second Symposium were mostly economic in nature. We have now convened the Third Symposium. It is held amidst a difficult and eventful time. Stagflation and kinds of anomic phenomena still torment many countries of the world, even several years after the second oil crisis of 1979. In addition, there have been frequent local disputes and conflicts in various areas, especially in the Middle East, which have further intensified the confrontation between the two superpowers, the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The international organizations such as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, and the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade, which have contributed to building post-World War II world order and peace, have come to face functional confusion and crisis entering the 1970s. The accumulated debts of the developing nations are enormous and there are many developing countries'which are reaching the point of bankrupcy.

Contenu

Opening and Closing Ceremonies.- Opening Address.- Keynote Address.- "Direction of the Civilized Societies of Today Viewed on the Basis of Anomie Indexes".- Closing Address.- Memorial Lectures.- "Japanese and American Societies in the 1980s".- "Recent Trends in U.S. Trade and Investment".- "New Bases of Social and Institutional Conflict".- "Turning Points of Civilization and the Role of Japan Today".- Session I.- "The Reconstruction of the World Economic Order".- "International Political Order".- Questions and Answers.- Session II.- "The Future of the International Economy".- "Scenarios for the 21st Century and Reconstruction of the International Order-The Economic Aspect ".- "New Challenges to Advanced Economies".- Questions and Answers.- Session III.- "Social Structure of Developed Societies-Review of the Government's Role".- "The Social Structure of Advanced Societies and the Role of the Government-Experiences and Problems of Japan".- Questions and Answers.- Session IV.- "The Self-Destruction of Affluence".- "The Need for Positive Adjustment Policies in the 1980s".- "Economic Growth and Social Welfare Policy in the 1980s".- Questions and Answers.- Session V.- "The Slow Rate of Technical Change".- "Technological Advances and Economic Progress: Short-Run and Long-Run Adjustments".- "Future Trend of Technological Research and Development and Its Potential Impact on Society".- Questions and Answers.- Session VI.- "Toward an Organismic Society".- "Fundamental Causes of Difficulties in Contemporary World".- Questions and Answers.- Outline of Symposium.