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softnomics, n. pl.|sɒftˈnɒmɪks|
[f. soft a. (as in software) + economic n. 2.]
A term coined in Japan for the study of the shift in the economy of developed countries from the basis of manufacturing industry to that of service industry, esp. information technology.
1983Sci. Amer. Nov. j23/2 Whatever one may think of the aesthetics of the term ‘softnomics’, it does convey a sense of where the Japanese see their technology and economy moving. The shift is from sheer quantity toward quality, from hardware toward software. 1986D. Howell Blind Victory v. 36 The ugly word ‘softnomics’ has been dreamed up by Japanese thinkers to describe the study and behaviour of the soft, dispersed sort of economy which is replacing the old industrial structure in advanced countries. 1987Times 25 Feb. 12/2 Its work, still in progress, has led to the establishment of a new discipline known as ‘softnomics’—the study of long-term changes in advanced industrial society. 1989Economist 7 Oct. 97/2 Some researchers, including Mr Tsunemasa Oda of the Softnomics Research Institute, think this high savings by woopies is a passing fashion. |