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Japan’s public economy, i.e., the system in which taxpayers receive public services in return for their tax money, was the brainchild of Maejima Hisoka (1835–1919), also known as the father of the Japanese postal service.
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Uno, A. (2020). Paving the Way to the Privatization of Public Financial Services. In: Japan Post Bank. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1408-1_1
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