Miraculous growth and stagnation in post-war Japan
By: edited by Koichi Hamada ... [et al.].
Series: Routledge studies in the modern world economy -- 91; Routledge studies in the modern world economy -- 91.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780415615181; 9780203818794
Subjects: Economic policy; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: Sixty-five years have passed since the end of World War II. It is timely to reflect upon this short but curious Japanese economic history, beginning with the extreme hunger and poverty in the late 1940s, followed by quick recovery and "miraculous" growth since the late 1950s, to the first oil shock in 1972, slow growth in the reset of the 1970s and 1980s, and finally almost complete stagnation over the last two decades. This book attempts to make sense of Japan's economic history for these past sixty-five years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.