Problems of Advanced Economies : Proceedings of the Third Conference on New Problems of Advanced Societies Tokyo, Japan, November 1982

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.