"The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been growing at an unprecedented rate since economic reforms were initiated in 1978, achieving an average annual real GDP growth rate of 9.7% over the entire period through 2015. As a consequence, the PRC has achieved a remarkably successful transition...

Introduction / Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha -- Memoirs of Japan, 1925-30 / E.F. Penrose -- Depression and protection / Michael French and Thomas Wilson -- Japan and two world economic depressions / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- The Japanese economy in the interwar period / Takafusa Nakamura --...