Description
This title examines the transformation of Japan's national economy. It employs the concept of the structure of accumulation composed of the organizations of labor, credit and markets. The postwar Japanese miracle trifurcated into prosperous corportions, squeezed workers and parasitic bureaucracy in the slow growth period, 1974-91. The "miracle" continues only for the major Japanese corporations that are East Asianizing and globalizing.
Table of Contents
Introduction The Japanese Miracle, What Happened and Who Benefited Literature on the 'Japanese Miracle' and Its Aftermath Framework and Methodology 1. Corporate Prosperity and Worker Squeeze Japan's Rise in the Hierarchy of 'National' Economies Corporate Prosperity Worker Squeeze 2. The Japanese Structure of Accumulation in the Rapid Growth Period Structure of Accumulation and the Organizations of Labor, Credit, and Markets Organization of Labor in the Rapid Growth Period Organizations of Credit and Markets 3. The Globalization of the 'Japanese' Structure of Accumulation in the Slow and Zero Growth Periods Transborder Expansion of the Multilayered Subcontracting System: East Asianization and Globalization Squeeze of the Japanese Workers in the Slow and Zero Growth Periods Globalization of the Organizations of Credit and Markets Internal Monopoly Space and Bureaucratic Fleecing Trifurcation of the Japanese Miracle 4. The Limit of the 'Japanese' Structure of Accumulation World-Systemic Contradictions of the Japanese/East Asian Structure of Accumulation Unbalanced World-Regional Distribution of Productive and Absorptive Capacities The Growth of Global Financial Markets and the Revival of the US Dollar End of the East Asian Miracle Conclusion Reference
