After experiencing spectacular economic growth and industrial development for much of the postwar era, Japan plunged abruptly into recession in the early 1990s and since then has suffered a prolonged period of economic stagnation, from which it is only now emerging. Japan's malaise, marked by...

This book asks a fundamental question, that is, whether "somebody in charge" could have prevented or solved the problem leading up to our current financial crisis. This book explores and answers that question from a scholarly and academic economic viewpoint

Die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat sich seit 2008 entfaltet. Seitdem gibt es verschiedene Versuche, ihre Folgen durch Rettungsschirme, Konjunkturprogramme und gesetzliche Regelungen in den Griff zu bekommen. Immer dringender stellt sich auch angesichts des jüngst vorgestellten Sparprogramms...