336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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After seven long years of economic malaise, it is clear that something has gone awry in Japan. Unless Japan undertakes sweeping reform, official forecasts now warn, growth will steadily dwindle. How could the world's most acclaimed economic miracle have stumbled so badly? As this important book explains, the root of the problem is that Japan is still mired in the structures, policies, and mental... Read more
Introduction: What Happened to the Miracle? 1. Mainframe Economics in a PC World 3 Part One: The Two Japans 2. Japan's Deformed Dual Economy 3. Hollowing Out: Driving Away the Geese That Lay the Golden Eggs 4. From Growth Superstar to Economic Laggard Part Two: The Success and the Souring 5. The Politics of Japanese Economic Policy 6. 1955-73: The System Succeeds in the Era of Catch-Up 7. 1973-90: The System Sours 8. Economic Anorexia: From Bubble to Bust Part Three: Open Trade: The Heavy Artillery of Economic Reform 9. If Poland Can Reform, Why Not Japan? 10. Asia Versus Japan in the Race to Reform 11. Japan's Peculiar Trade: Too Few Imports, Too Few Exports 12. Is Japan Opening Up? Part Four: The Road Ahead 13. Beyond Revisionism and Traditionalism: A New Paradigm to Guide Policy 14. Interregnum: Whither Japan?
Biography
Richard Katz
