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The japanese economic miracle is known as japans record period of economic growth between the postworld war ii era. Japans recovery is the greatest economic success story. Insights from the economic rise of poland marcin piatkowski on. The postwwii japanese economic development was a process of catchup to the other industrialized economies. The words increase, growth and upswing filled with summaries of the year books from 1967 to 1971. Nationalism and the desire to catch up with the west persisted after wwii, but now the. One foreigner after another extols japans harmonious industrial relations, but the japanese public curses the frequent wildcat strikes on the governmentowned national railways. The decade following world war ii is fondly remembered as a period of economic growth and cultural stability. The automobile industry successfully converted back to producing cars, and new industries such as aviation and electronics grew by leaps and bounds.

The real story of how america became an economic superpower. What factors explain japan s economic success in the decades after world war 2. By the 1990s, japans demographics began stagnating and the workforce was no longer expanding as it did in the previous decades, despite perworker productivity remaining high. During the economic boom, japan rapidly became the worlds second largest economy. Economic policies and corporate strategies were geared to this utmost mandate in our mindsto catchup. Until the defeat of world war ii, japan has clearly become to be one of the most powerful countries both economically and militarily and its basic factors for growth had been prepared. When you put it that way, its pretty impressive that japans economy didnt shrink at all in the 1990s but only stopped growing for a few years. And so it is again with his economic history of the first world war and its aftermath, the deluge. After world war ii, europe recovered largely as a result of american aid. The postworld war ii economic expansion, also known as the golden age of capitalism and the postwar economic boom or simply the long boom, was a broad period of worldwide economic expansion beginning after world war ii and ending with. The japanese economic miracle is known as japans record period of economic growth between the postworld war ii era to the end of the cold war. The world economy slumped badly, then settled into the slow, erratic growth that had been the norm before the war.

But instead, pentup consumer demand fueled exceptionally strong economic growth in the postwar period. High productivity growth from before the war continued after the war and until. Many americans feared that the end of world war ii and the subsequent drop in military spending might bring back the hard times of the great depression. This general goal was shared by all economic agents as a national consensus. Postwar japanese economic takeoff was due to a variety of factors that had to do with. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. As japans economy began to take off in the 1970s, a series of laudatory books. An excellent read from someone who really knows his subject and can write informatively. The european economy since 1945 the new york times. The keystone for this is thesupreme commander for the allied powers name for the effective. The following is a bibliography of books used for this presentation. However, the quartercentury that followed is known as the most remarkable period of economic growth and social progress in europe. What factors explain japan s economic success in the decades after. The economic history of japan is most studied for the spectacular social and economic growth in the 1800s after the meiji restoration, when it became the first nonwestern great power, and for its expansion after the second world war, when japan recovered from devastation to become the worlds second largest economy behind the united states, and.

These remarkable achievements during the postwar period provided the basis and skills for the economic miracle after the destruction in 1945. Europe, which had relied on extensive growth in the 1950s and. The decades after world war ii were a golden age across much of the world. Only where the labor unions are exceedingly weakthat is, in the private sectorare labor relations harmonious. This economic miracle was the result of postworld war ii japan and west germany. What factors explain japans economic success in the.