Princes of the Yen : Japan's central bankers and the transformation of the economy
This text is a revealing look at Japan's post-war economy and the key factors that shaped it. It focuses on the 1980s and 1990s, when Japan's economy experienced vast swings in activity.
1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, tables
9780765610485, 9780765610492, 9781315701554, 0765610485, 0765610493, 1315701553
1003227009
1. Japanese Lesson; 2. The Total War Economy; 3. Winning the Peace: An Economy at War; 4. The Alchemy of Banking; 5. Credit: The Economic High Command; 6. The First Bid for Central Bank Independence; 7. Japan's First Bubble Economy; 8. Mysterious Money: The Ebb and Flow of the Yen; 9. The Great Yen Illusion: Credit Bubble and Bust; 10. How to Prolong a Recession; 11. The Battle of the Yen; 12. At the Trigger of the Gun; 13. The Princes of the Yen; 14. The Goal of Monetary Policy; 15. Back to the Future: The Return of US-style Capitalism; 16. Reflation: Another Miracle in the Making; 17. The Asian Crisis and the Central Bankers; 18. More Power for the Princes; 19. The Revival of the Reichsbank