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Japan Inc. on the Brink

Institutional Corruption and Agency Failure

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  • © 2015

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  1. Susan Carpenter
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 1-21

  3. Back to Basics?

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 22-47

  4. The Sign of the Times: Japan Inc. (1955–1974)

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 48-64

  5. The Route to Heaven-on-Earth

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 65-76

  6. Pork-Barrel Politics in the Prefectures: The Winners

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 77-94

  7. The Japanese Economic Miracle: Japan Inc. on Center Stage

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 95-111

  8. The Roaring 80s: The Bicycle Economy Out of Control

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 112-122

  9. The Metamorphosis of Sanraku Inc.

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 123-139

  10. The Martini, Glenfiddich and Babycham Marathons

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 140-147

  11. Marketing and Advertising Strategies: What’s it all About?

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 148-157

  12. Bubble, Bubble, Turmoil and Trouble

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 158-176

  13. Special Corporations: Insatiable

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 177-195

  14. The Skill at Disguising

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 196-231

  15. The Price of Pork-Barrel Patronage: Beggars Can’t be Choosers

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 232-240

  16. Still Bubbling

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 241-264

  17. Conclusion: The Third Lost Decade?

    • Susan Carpenter
    Pages 265-298

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 299-316
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This book contends that structural reforms, the essential third arrow in Abe's 'Abenomics', will not happen. As a result, Abenomics is merely a combination of reckless monetary policy and ambiguous fiscal policies which will fail to regenerate Japan's fragile economy and cut sovereign debt.

About the author

Susan Carpenter is Managing Director of International Markets Analysts Limited. She has worked for Japanese business and government organizations, and has also served as the Director of the MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. Her previous publications include Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy: Why Japan Can't Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Why Japan Can't Reform: Inside the System (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Japan's Nuclear Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).

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