LEADER 03451oam 2200625I 450 001 9910788163003321 005 20230807205026.0 010 $a1-315-70155-3 010 $a1-317-46220-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315701554 035 $a(CKB)2670000000599193 035 $a(EBL)1982488 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001472722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11820438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001472722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11436379 035 $a(PQKB)10373004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1982488 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1982488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11030953 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL745218 035 $a(OCoLC)905985148 035 $a(OCoLC)958106739 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000599193 100 $a20180706e20152003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrinces of the yen $eJapan's central bankers and the transformation of the economy /$fRichard A. Werner 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $a"An East Gate book." 300 $aFirst published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-1048-5 311 $a1-336-13932-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations, Note on the Representation of Personal Names; 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 327 $a12. At the Trigger of the Gun13. The Princes of the Yen; 14. The Goal of Monetary Policy; 15. Back to the Future: The Return of U.S.-Style Capitalism; 16. Reflation: Another Miracle in the Making; 17. The Asian Crisis and the Central Bankers; 18. More Power to the Princes; 19. The Revival of the Reichsbank; Appendix: Japanese Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the 1990s; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; General Index; About the Author 330 $aThis eye-opening book offers a disturbing new look at Japan's post-war economy and the key factors that shaped it. It gives special emphasis to the 1980s and 1990s when Japan's economy experienced vast swings in activity. According to the author, the most recent upheaval in the Japanese economy is the result of the policies of a central bank less concerned with stimulating the economy than with its own turf battles and its ideological agenda to change Japan's economic structure. The book combines new historical research with an in-depth behind-the-scenes account of the bureaucratic competition 606 $aBanks and banking, Central$zJapan 606 $aMonetary policy$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy$y1945- 615 0$aBanks and banking, Central 615 0$aMonetary policy 676 $a332.1/1/0952 700 $aWerner$b Richard$f1967-,$01492347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788163003321 996 $aPrinces of the yen$93714816 997 $aUNINA