Banking Policy in Japan: American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation Contributor(s): Tsutsui, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415852692 ISBN-13: 9780415852692 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Banks & Banking - Reference - Business & Economics | International - General |
Dewey: 332.109 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan |
Physical Information: 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: The unique Japanese banking system has contributed greatly to Japan's post-war economic advance by investing aggressively in industry and by supporting close government-business relations. The banking sector might not have come to assume such a significant role, however, had American efforts to reform Japanese finance during the Occupation (1945-52) been successful. How Japan's banking system maintained continuity of development and avoided the occupiers' attempts at "democratisation" and "Americanisation" is the subject of this book. It explores why the Americans were committed to reform, the reasons they failed and how important the maintenance of the financial status quo was to the subsequent development of Japan's "miracle" economy.
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