The Weight of the Yen (Paperback)

In eight years from 1980 to 1988, America fell from financial grace, becoming the world's largest debtor. This happened because the United States spent and Japan saved. In the early 1980s, Reagan's Washington discovered that Japan would cheerfully lend their vast savings to the United States by buying U.S. government bonds. How the Japanese money accumulated, the system that created it, and American fumbling that led to crippling debt service, a loss of much of our manufacturing base, and our economy's diminishing good jobs. The Weight of the Yen explains it all, in an intriguing, jargon-free analysis of the past fifteen years and the problems between America and Japan that are yet to come.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1997
First published:	April 1997
Authors:	R. Taggart Murphy
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	354
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-31657-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-31657-2
Barcode:	9780393316575

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