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The emptiness of Japanese affluence

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M.E. Sharpe, 2001 - Political Science - 311 pages
A new updated edition of the headline-making work that was acclaimed for its perceptive insights on the self-destructing aspects of the Japanese economic system when originally published.
  

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This book is unforgiving of golf courses. When it comes to consumption and wealth in 1990s Japan, you're unlikely to find an angrier analysis; sadly, not a whole lot has changed in the intervening years to counter McCormack's assessment. Read full review

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User Review  - Norain MT - Goodreads

Dreary. Read like a dry bone. The theme brought by this book was noble and supposedly it should invoke interesting debates but a good idea carried out in a poor way would only result in something like this: sad. Read full review

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Contents

Foreword to the Revised Edition
vii
Photographs Figures Tables
xxxiii
Foreword
xxxix
Acknowledgments
xlv
The Pathology of
25
Work Rest and Consumption
78
GATTing Japan
113
Asia and the Dilemmas
153
Dilemmas of Power
185
The War 194595
225
Japan at Centurys End
287
Index
299
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About the author (2001)

Gavan McCormack is Emeritus Professor in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. His recent books include "The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence; Japan's Contested Constitution" and "Target North Korea: Pushing North Korea to the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe".