Japan's War Economy

Download or read book Japan's War Economy written by Erich Pauer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the substantial and dynamic innovations of the wartime era, identifying this period as the most influential for Japan's post-war economic structure. Erich Pauer and a team of leading Japanese and German scholars discuss important aspects of the Japanese wartime economy, including: * ideological background * the Japanese 'planned economy' * technical mobilization * women and the war economy * socio-economic change * food shortages, the black market and economic crime * national policy companies * financial reforms