Arthur J. Alexander was President of the Washington, D.C. based Japan Economic Institute of America from 1990 to the Institute's closing in 2000. He is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University and has taught at George Mason University, John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Rand Graduate School.

Alexander's book contains plenty of curious fact-finding, some of which isnot only of an economic nature, but also of a psychological, sociological, and political nature.

• Chapter 1 An Economy in TransitionChapter 2 The Economy in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 3 Japan as Number Three: Long-Term Productivity ProblemsChapter 4 InvestmentChapter 5 Basic Research and ScienceChapter 6 International Capital FlowsChapter 7 The Long-Run Behavior of the YenChapter 8 Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in the United StatesChapter 9 Foreign Direct Investment in JapanChapter 10 U.S.-Japan Relations Viewed through Events DataChapter 11 Structural Change and AdaptationChapter 12 Deregulation in AviationChapter 13 Is Japan an Outlier?Chapter 14 America's Images of JapanChapter 15 Revisionism RevisitedChapter 16 Long-Term Prospects

Arthur J. Alexander was President of the Washington, D.C. based Japan Economic Institute of America from 1990 to the Institute's closing in 2000. He is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University and has taught at George Mason University, John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Rand Graduate School.

Alexander's book contains plenty of curious fact-finding, some of which isnot only of an economic nature, but also of a psychological, sociological, and political nature.

• Chapter 1 An Economy in TransitionChapter 2 The Economy in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 3 Japan as Number Three: Long-Term Productivity ProblemsChapter 4 InvestmentChapter 5 Basic Research and ScienceChapter 6 International Capital FlowsChapter 7 The Long-Run Behavior of the YenChapter 8 Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in the United StatesChapter 9 Foreign Direct Investment in JapanChapter 10 U.S.-Japan Relations Viewed through Events DataChapter 11 Structural Change and AdaptationChapter 12 Deregulation in AviationChapter 13 Is Japan an Outlier?Chapter 14 America's Images of JapanChapter 15 Revisionism RevisitedChapter 16 Long-Term Prospects

Arthur J. Alexander was President of the Washington, D.C. based Japan Economic Institute of America from 1990 to the Institute's closing in 2000. He is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University and has taught at George Mason University, John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Rand Graduate School.

Alexander's book contains plenty of curious fact-finding, some of which isnot only of an economic nature, but also of a psychological, sociological, and political nature.

• Chapter 1 An Economy in TransitionChapter 2 The Economy in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 3 Japan as Number Three: Long-Term Productivity ProblemsChapter 4 InvestmentChapter 5 Basic Research and ScienceChapter 6 International Capital FlowsChapter 7 The Long-Run Behavior of the YenChapter 8 Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in the United StatesChapter 9 Foreign Direct Investment in JapanChapter 10 U.S.-Japan Relations Viewed through Events DataChapter 11 Structural Change and AdaptationChapter 12 Deregulation in AviationChapter 13 Is Japan an Outlier?Chapter 14 America's Images of JapanChapter 15 Revisionism RevisitedChapter 16 Long-Term Prospects