The Politics of Economic Change in Postwar Japan and West Germany : Volume 1: Macroeconomic Conditions and Policy Responses

The book begins with an editors' introduction that provides a conceptual setting for a comparative study of the role of policy in the development of the postwar Japanese and West German economies. It then offers detailed comparative analyses of developments in the two countries on seven substantive topics: an overview of macroeconomic change; economic advisory and planning; monetary control; inflation control; labour markets and wage determination; agriculture and social security and welfare. It ends with an editor's summary and conclusion. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-18 Macroeconomic Changes....Pages 19-65 Economic Advisory and Planning Systems....Pages 66-100 Monetary Policies....Pages 101-144 Anti-inflation Policy....Pages 145-188 Labour Markets and Wage Determination....Pages 189-232 The Political Management of Agriculture in Japan and West Germany....Pages 233-280 Social Security and Welfare in Japan and West Germany....Pages 281-308 Conclusions: No Simple Answers....Pages 309-345 Back Matter....Pages 346-375 The first of two volumes, this text presents a comparative study of the political economies of postwar Japan and West Germany. It brings together papers originally presented and discussed at conferences held in Reisensburg in 1980 and in Ito in 1982. Contents, v. 1. Macroeconomic conditions and policy responses.