Aufgrund des schwachen Wachstums werden die 90er Jahre für das lange Zeit wachstumsverwöhnte Japan als verlorenes Jahrzehnt angesehen. Die dauerhafte wirtschaftliche Schwäche, die nach dem Platzen der Blase an den Vermögensmärkten einsetzte, hält immer noch an. Um die Faktoren...

The stubborn weakness of growth in the industrial countries since the mid-seventies is a manifestation of a serious crisis of stabilisation and adjustment whose roots go far beyond the oil price increases. Against this background there was a marked turn in the direction of economic policy as a...

In recent weeks, fears of a worldwide economic recession have become widespread because more and more symptoms appear that resemble those at the start of the great depression of 1929. However, wrong conclusions may be drawn from similar symptoms unless basic development trends as well as the...

For Japan the nineties are regarded as the lost decade, due to slow economic growth in the formerly growth-intensive country. The slump, starting after the asset price bubble of the late eighties burst, is still going on. To identify factors contributing significantly to the unfavourable...