Why Did Japan Stumble? Causes and Cures

In this text, commentators on the Japanese economy analyze both the immediate and long-term causes that make a sustained economic recovery in Japan problematic. They debate the deep-rooted structural causes of Japan's decline and assess Japan's faltering financial system before prescribing policies to abate the continuing crisis. Starting with Japan's unanticipated collapse in the 1990s, the volume's contributors try to fathom the way forward for a seemingly catatonic economy. The first section deals with the entrenched structural causes of Japan's economic decline and demonstrates why sustained recovery is likely to be difficult. The second section tackles a more immediate difficulty impeding economic recovery - Japan's nearly bankrupt financial system - and discusses how regulators and politicians both helped to cause and can probably combat this problem. All contributors agree that measures must be taken to ensure the synchronization of political, institutional and cultural structures to guarantee Japan's successful recovery. They are unable to agree on which measures will be effective and feasible. This accessible study should be of interest to scholars of Japanese studies, finance and international economics

Business · Economics · Forensic engineering · Engineering · Geology · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Psychology · State Capitalism and Financial Governance

• Public Works Policy and Outcomes in Japan and the United States

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