The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession

by Richard C. Koo

Book Overview

The revised edition of this highly acclaimed work presents crucial lessons from Japan's recession that could aid the US and other economies as they struggle to recover from the current financial crisis.

This book is about Japan's 15-year long recession and how it affected current theoretical thinking about its causes and cures. It has a detailed explanation on what happened to Japan, but the discoveries made are so far-reaching that a large portion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470824948
• ISBN13: 9780470824948
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"