1st Edition
The Origin of the Prolonged Economic Stagnation in Contemporary Japan The factitious deflation and meltdown of the Japanese firm as an entity
Part 1: The Politico-Economic Situation of Contemporary Japan 1. An Overview of the Prolonged Stagnation Era: The ``Structural Reformation’’ That Made Matters Worse Part 2: The Macroeconomic Policies in the Prolonged Economic Stagnation 2. The Devastation by the Busted Bubble and Frivolous Advocacy of Deflation 3. Are the Current Japanese Economy and the Showa Depression Alike? 4. ``Abenomics’’ in Reality Part 3: The Meltdown of Japanese Firm 5. The Metamorphose of Japanese Firm 6. The Surge of Foreign Direct Investment and the Industrial Hollowing Part 4: Towards the Reincarnation of Japanese Economy 7. We Still Have Time and Power
Biography
Masayuki Otaki is Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, the University of Tokyo. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Tokyo and his research interests are macroeconomic theory and environmental economics.
