Japan Since 1980

by Thomas F. Cargill and Takayuki Sakamoto

Book Overview

An analysis of the performance of Japan's economic and political institutions from late 1970s to 2007. The authors explain how Japan's flawed response to new economic, political, and technological forces ushered in a lost decade and a half of economic development from 1990. Impressive economic performance in the 1980s masked an 'accident waiting to happen' - the collapse in equity and real estate prices in 1990-1. Japan's iron triangle of politicians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521672724
• ISBN13: 9780521672726
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"