Dr. Osamu Shimomura's Legacy and the Postwar Japanese Economy

• Main Authors: Horiuchi, Kozo (Author), Otaki, Masayuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Macroeconomics.; Economic history.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Economic History.

This book elucidates the economic conditions and policies  during the post War Japanese economy from the view point of an influential policy maker. Dr. Osamu Shimomura is one of the most eminent economists in Japan. He entered the Ministry of Finance and played a crucial role in actualizing the High...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• Part I Vision, Theory, and Policy: High Growth and Zero Growth.- 2　Postwar Reconstruction
• 3  Vision of High Growth and Performance in 1960s
• 4  Vision of Zero Growth and Performance After the Oil Crisis
• PART II　Implications of Zero Growth Vision:Lost Decades, Sustainability, and Corporate Management
• 5  Current Era of Zero Growth
•  6  Sustainability and Corporate Management
• 7　Conclusion
• Index.