Labor-Intensive Industrialization in Global History
Kaoru Sugihara, Professor of Economic History, University of Kyoto
April 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Garrison Hall 1.102
Kaoru Sugihara discussed labor-intensive industrialization in global history, focusing on the East Asian countries of Japan and China. He argued that as a result of the industrial revolution and the growth of high-wage economies in the capital-intensive West, a divergence emerged which enabled Japan and other East Asian countries a chance to develop a second route to industrialization based on labor-intensive practices. This divergence, Sugihara contended, is what has enabled the Pacific to become the center of the world economy, as the region now accounts for 30% of World GDP.
Kaoru Sugihara is Professor of Economic History at Kyoto University. He has taught at Osaka University and the University of London and is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Economic History Association. He has conducted research on the history of intra-Asian trade, the role of labor-intensive industrialization in global history and the environmental history of Asia and Africa.
This presentation is part of the Strauss Center’s Globalization Speaker Series, which brings leading thinkers and writers from a range of disciplines to campus to discuss the opportunities and dangers created by our increasingly interconnected world.
Professor Sugihara spoke to students and faculty in Garrison Hall.
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