Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-448) and index.
Contents
Mainframe economics in a pc world -- Two Japans -- Japan's deformed dual economy -- "Hollowing out" : driving away the geese that lay the golden eggs -- From growth superstar to economic laggard -- Success and the souring -- The politics of Japanese economic policy -- 1955-73 : the system succeeds in the era of catch-up -- 1973-90 : the system sours -- Economic anorexia : from bubble to bust -- Open trade : the heavy artillery of economic reform -- If Poland can reform why not Japan? -- Asia versus Japan in the race to reform -- Japan's peculiar trade : too few imports, too few exports -- Is Japan opening up? -- Beyond revisionism and traditionalism : a new paradigm to guide policy -- Interregnum : whither Japan?
