Postwar Japanese Economy Lessons of Economic Growth and the Bubble Economy /

• Main Author: Iyoda, Mitsuhiko. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Economics.; History.; Economic policy.; International economics.; Economics/Management Science.; International Economics.; Economic Policy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6332-1

Since the end of World War II, the Japanese economy has seen rapid changes and remarkable progress. It has also experienced a bubble economy and period of prolonged stagnation. The book seeks to address three major questions: What kind of changes have taken place in the postwar years? In what sense...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical Changes of the Japanese Economy
• Recovery Period (Reforms, Social and Political Changes, and Economic Policy)
• Rapid Economic Growth
• Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: (1) Positive Effects
• Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: (2) Negative Effects or Distortions
• Bubble Economy and Its Generation
• Bursting the Bubble and Its Consequences
• Towards a Welfareoriented Society: Some Lessons from Rapid Economic Growth and the Bubble Economy
• Income and Asset Distribution, and the Relative Share
• Households and Pension
• Towards the Quality of Life in the Mature Society (Summary and Lessons).