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In Search of Peace and Democracy: Japanese Economic Debate in Political Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2010

Laura E. Hein
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Most discussions of economic growth and economic policy in postwar Japan focus on the economy as an isolated sector, neglecting its place in Japanese history as a whole. Partly this is because discussion of the economy usually moves quickly to technical problems. Partly it is due to the common assumption that high-speed economic growth emerged out of an attempt to create high-speed economic growth for its own sake-thus making redundant any sustained inquiry into its origins (as opposed to its mechanisms). We now have a fairly clear understanding of the technical means by which Japan became rich: rapid growth was achieved through high savings used for technology-led investment, based both on market forces channeled into planned directions and a flexible response to unplanned opportunities, such as American assistance to Japanese economic development. What is murkier is the social and political context for economic growth.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 752 - 778
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994

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