Table of Contents

Contents: 1. The Catatonic Economy Part I: Future Directions 2. Why do I Expect Japan to Collapse? 3. Declining Population, the Size of the Government and the Burden of Public Debt: Some Economic Policy Issues in Japan 4. Japan’s Business Culture and Society Part II: Current Problems 5. Why has the Japanese Economy been Stumbling for so Long? 6. Empirical Determinants of Banking Crises: Japan’s Experience in International Perspective 7. Crisis? What Crisis? The Policy Response to Japan’s Banking Crisis Index

About the Author

Edited by Craig Freedman, Director, Centre for Japanese Economic Studies, Macquarie University, Australia

Reviews

'. . . interesting, informative, and worthwhile reading. This reviewer recommends the book for anyone interested in understanding what happened to Japan in the 1990s.'
*Thomas F. Cargill, Journal of Economic Literature*

'. . . the publication of Why Did Japan Stumble? . . . is very welcome. In a single location, the reader can sample a wide variety of conflicting explanations, some of them by very influential Japanese thinkers. . . . Those interested in the state of debate among top rank participants would do well to include this book on their reading list.'
*Richard Katz, Journal of Japanese Studies*