Screen LibraryPostwar Japanese economy：lessons of economic growth and the bubble economy
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York London |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6332-1 |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 157 p.: ill., 1 map. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1441963324 (electronic bk.) 9781441963321 (electr. bk.) |
| Index Number: | F131 |
| CLC: | F131.30 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Changes of the Japanese Economy; 3 Recovery Period (Reforms, Social and Political Changes, and Economic Policy); 4 Rapid Economic Growth; 5 Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: Positive Effects; 6 Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: Negative Effects or Distortions; 7 Bubble Economy and Its Generation; 8 Bursting the Bubble and Its Consequences; 9 Toward a Welfare-Oriented Society: Some Lessons from Rapid Economic Growth and the Bubble Economy. Since the end of World War II, the Japanese economy has seen rapid changes and remarkable progress. It has also experienced a bubble economy and period of prolonged stagnation. The book seeks to address three major questions: What kind of changes have taken place in the postwar years? In what sense has there been progress? What lessons can be drawn from the experiences? The book is organized as follows: It begins with an overview of the postwar Japanese economy, using data to highlight historical changes. The four major economic issues in the postwar Japanese economy (economic restoration, rap. |