We are proud to share that Professor David E. Weinstein, CJEB's Director and the Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy at Columbia University, co-authored a paper titled "Codification, Technology Absorption, and the Globalization of the Industrial Revolution." The paper explores Japan's massive public investments in codifying technical knowledge to explain why it was unique among non-Western countries in industrializing in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) includes it as a working paper and shared it on X here. Tremendous interest in the paper's topic has led to widespread viewing and sharing across social media, with over 25.3 million views listed across posts shared by its co-authors as of July 26, 2024.
The paper's co-authors include Réka Juhász, Shogo Sakabe (Columbia University graduate and recipient of CJEB's Doctoral Fellowship), and David Weinstein.
The paper is also listed among CJEB's working papers and hosted on the Columbia Academic Commons here.
When we asked Professor Weinstein about his reaction to his research going viral, he said, “I am delighted with how much attention our work on this academic paper about Meiji Japan has gotten. It is exciting to know that it is so quickly being appreciated by so many worldwide.”
(7/26/24)