Japan, the System That Soured (Paperback)

Introduction: What Happened to the Miracle? 1. Mainframe Economics in a PC World 3 Part One: The Two Japans 2. Japan's Deformed Dual Economy 3. Hollowing Out: Driving Away the Geese That Lay the Golden Eggs 4. From Growth Superstar to Economic Laggard Part Two: The Success and the Souring 5. The Politics of Japanese Economic Policy 6. 1955-73: The System Succeeds in the Era of Catch-Up 7. 1973-90: The System Sours 8. Economic Anorexia: From Bubble to Bust Part Three: Open Trade: The Heavy Artillery of Economic Reform 9. If Poland Can Reform, Why Not Japan? 10. Asia Versus Japan in the Race to Reform 11. Japan's Peculiar Trade: Too Few Imports, Too Few Exports 12. Is Japan Opening Up? Part Four: The Road Ahead 13. Beyond Revisionism and Traditionalism: A New Paradigm to Guide Policy 14. Interregnum: Whither Japan?