The history of Japanese economic development : : origins of private dynamism and policy competence / / Kenichi Ohno.
This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad perspective including social, economic and politic...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- An overview : evolutionary history and translative adaptation
- The Edo society: preparing conditions for industrialization
- Transition from Edo to Meiji
- Importing and absorbing technology
- Development of key industries
- Budget, finance and the macroeconomy of Meiji
- World War I and the 1920s
- The banking crisis of 1927
- The 1930s and the war economy
- Postwar recovery 1945-49
- The high growth era
- Economic maturity and slowdown
- The asset bubble and prolonged recession
- Questions and answers.