Publisher's Synopsis
This volume explores the origins of Japan's current economic crisis and assesses the country's prospects for recovery.
- An exploration of the origins and consequences of Japan's current economic crisis.
- Examines the collapse of the equity and real estate market bubbles in the late 1980s.
- Analyses the failure of Japanese monetary and fiscal policies to reverse the ensuing economic decline.
- Evaluates unorthodox options available to policy makers that might enable Japan to recover from its 'lost decade'.
- Suggests that Japan's prospects for economic recovery are still uncertain.
