Japan Transformed Quotes

“Losers [...] gain psychic satisfaction from belonging to a winning cause.”
― Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic Restructuring

“The weakest would be put out of service rather than be allowed to compromise the whole system.”
― Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic Restructuring

“Rules do not determine outcomes - the players still have to make choices - but they make some outcomes more likely than others, by defining what it means to "win", and by creating incentives for and imposing constraints on the players.”
― Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic Restructuring

“[Companies] mistook a lack of competition for success.”
― Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic Restructuring