Description: This book is invaluable for students and researchers studying the economies of Japan and other East Asian countries as well as all those interested in patterns of boom and recession worldwide.
Review Quotes: ..."offers valuable insights into the Japanese crisis...Overall, the book builds a strong and largely successful case buttressing its institutional analysis of the Japanese crisis. In sum, a must-read for serious followers of the Japanese economy."
-Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 2002
..."provocative and challenging...a valuable addition to the literature on Japanese political economy. It provides an introduction to an important tradition of political economy, which has valuable insights to offer students of East Asian political economy."
-Journal of Contemporary Asia, October 1, 2002