“Flying Wild Geese” paradigm

Introduction. The modern scientific galaxy of Japanese economists maintained the continuity of theoretical views and predetermined the vector of “Westernization” in the evolution of the “Flying Wild Geese” conceptual paradigm. Scientific review. Since the 1960s, Japan has established itself as an industrially developed trading power. In the 1980s, the “Flying Wild Geese” paradigm became a model for East Asia.

Introduction. The successful historical experience of modernizing Japanese economy, which managed to become one of the world economy leaders, found theoretical and methodological justification in the “Flying Wild Geese” paradigm formulated by K. Akamatsu. Scientific review. The introduction of a wide range of readers to the concept of uneven economic growth in advanced and developing countries occurred after the publication of K. Akamatsu’s articles in English in the 1960s.