Japan's Capitalism: Creative Defeat and Beyond

by Shigeto Tsuru, John Kenneth Galbraith

Overview

Japan's economic reconstruction after total defeat in the Second World War has been an extraordinary phenomenon. Shigeto Tsuru, one of Japan's most eminent economists gives a comprehensive account of the recovery process, and a unique interpretation of the postwar Japanese economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521576215
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/13/1996
Series:	Canto original series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The defeat and the Occupation reforms; 2. The road to recovery; 3. The period of high growth rate; 4. The role of the government in the high-growth period; 5. A turning point cometh; 6. The double 'price revolution'; 7. The march of corporate capitalism; 8. Whither Japan?

Editorial Reviews

"...a must for those wishing to understand not only more about Japanese society and economy, but indeed about the world we live in, where it has come from, and where it is going. It is one of those exceedingly rare books that provides intellectual, spiritual and moral enrichment." International Affairs

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