num_pages: 132
description: This volume explores the origins of Japan's current economic crisis and assesses the country's prospects for recovery. An exploration of the origins and consequences of Japan's current economic crisis.Examines the collapse of the equity and real estate market bubbles in the late 1980s. Analyses the failure of Japanese monetary and fiscal policies to reverse the ensuing economic decline. Evaluates unorthodox options available to policy makers that might enable Japan to recover from its 'lost decade'. Suggests that Japan's prospects for economic recovery are still uncertain.
language: English
title: Japan's Lost Decade: Origins, Consequences and Prospects for Recovery
titlecomplete: Japan's Lost Decade: Origins, Consequences and Prospects for Recovery
genres: Economics
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell