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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457883603321

Autore

Sakakibara Eisuke

Titolo

Structural reform in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : breaking the iron triangle / / Eisuke Sakakibara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-81288-5

9786610812882

0-8157-9626-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

330.952

Soggetti

Capitalism - Japan

Banks and banking - Japan

Electronic books.

Japan Economic conditions 1989-

Japan Economic policy 1989-

Japan Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collapse and transformation -- Japan's modernization and industrialization -- The formation and collapse of the public construction state -- From structural reform to institutional reform -- Development of global corporations -- The Japanese banking system and its nonperforming loan problem -- Reopening Japan and reforming the foreign policy regime -- The formation of the Japanese meritocracy system -- The central versus local government debate -- Fundamental change in agricultural policy -- Health care reform -- Building a new nation.

Sommario/riassunto

In this candid book, Japan's former top financial diplomat asserts the urgent need for wholesale structural reform to revitalize the long-stagnant Japanese economy. Eisuke Sakakibara envisions a social and economic revolution that encompasses all sectors of Japanese society.