Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions

by Takatoshi Ito

Analysis and policy prescriptions for Japan's sustained economic recovery from its 14-year malaise by 15 top American and Japanese experts on the subject.

Japan, the world's second largest economy, has suffered from a prolonged period of stagnation and malaise since 1991. Subpar growth, failing banks, plummeting real estate and stock prices, deflation, unprecedented unemployment, and huge government liabilities have persisted, despite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262090406
• ISBN13: 9780262090407
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher