Japan's dramatic transformation from economic success to economic stagnation offers important policy lessons to advanced countries everywhere that are struggling with stagnation. The term 'Japanization' is often used by economists to describe long-term stagnation and deflation. Symptoms include...

Introduction; A.Tawfik Al Sadik & I.Elbadawi -- Strengthening the Financial Architecture: The Unanswered Questions; B.Eichengreen -- The Oil Market and the Financial Crisis; R.E. Mabro -- The Global Crisis: Old and New Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy; A.Tawfik Al Sadik & L.Serv̌n -- Financial...