In this paper I present an analytical study of the historical development of the family, mass schooling, and the labor movement in 19th century England. It is emphasized that what occurred in 19th century England was not just the emergence of the first industrial capitalist economy but also the...

This paper provides a general analysis, based on a synthesis of considerable empirical evidence, of the causes and consequences of differences in the process of skill formation in four wealthy nations -- Japan, United States, Germany, and Britain -- in the post-World War II decades. First, we...

If sustainable prosperity is the objective, proposals to reform the corporate governance system must be based on a theory of the innovative enterprise. Without such a theory, stakeholder arguments run the risk of encouraging other groups, besides stockholders, to become claimants to a given, and...

The purpose of this paper is to take issue with the perceptions of the weakness of the Japanese economy and the relative strength of the American economy for generating sustainable prosperity -- the spreading of the benefits of economic growth to more and more people over a prolonged period of...

Apple Inc. stands out as the world’s most famous, and currently richest, company. To the general public, Apple is known for three things: its intriguing CEO Steve Jobs, who has achieved iconic status in death as in life; its amazing iOS products, especially the iPhone and the iPad, and their...

This volume raises an important question: Given the fast-changing global economy and the challenges it presents, what is the role for the university as an institution promoting sustainable human development? The editors begin by outlining the changes associated with the recent wave of...

The employment problems that the United States now faces are largely structural. The structural problem is not, however, as many economists have argued, a labor-market mismatch between the skills that prospective employers want and the skills that potential workers have. Rather the employment...