An inside look at Japan's use of professional barriers, both institutional and psychological, against the entire outside world. Foreign scientists and engineers are kept out of Japan's state-of-the-art laboratories. CARTELS OF THE MIND looks deeply into the causes of these cultural and institutional barriers and how they affect Japan's professed goals and standing in the global economy .
An inside look at Japan's use of professional barriers, both institutional and psychological, against the entire outside world. Foreign scientists and engineers are kept out of Japan's state-of-the-art laboratories. CARTELS OF THE MIND looks deeply into the causes of these cultural and institutional barriers and how they affect Japan's professed goals and standing in the global economy .