对于西方政治家、商界人士和经济学家来说,目前西方经济呈一种喜忧参半的局面。到现在为止,东欧最重要的政治团体似乎认为,市场经济要优于他们的计划经济。因而,过去的东西方冲突便以西方的胜利而告终。然而,对西方世界来说,不幸的是,这种胜利并没有必然地使它那特殊的市场经济观念在全世界范围被接受。在远东,首先是日本以它非常独特的经济制度成为西方观念的有力挑战者。初步看起来,这与两者在商品贸易和海外直接投资的不平衡有关;但是,进一步深入分析后,人们则可以发现两者在经济结构方面的不同和在经济、社会观念形态及行为方式方面的差异,最后还可找到两者经济范例的差别。 For Western politicians, business people and economists, the current Western economy presents a mixed picture. So far, the most important political groups in Eastern Europe seem to think that the market economy outperforms their planned economy. Thus, the past East-West conflict ended in the victory of the West. However, to the western world, unfortunately, this victory does not necessarily make its particular concept of market economy accepted around the world. In the Far East, above all, Japan has become a powerful challenger of Western ideas with its very unique economic system. At first sight, it is related to the imbalance between the two in commodity trade and overseas direct investment. However, after further analysis, one can find out the differences in economic structure between the two in terms of economic and social concepts and behavior patterns The difference can finally find the difference between the two economic paradigms.