The Japanese Economic Miracle: How Professional Government and Business Built the World's Leading Economy

Would you like to have a Japanese car, laptop or camera? Who would refuse such a thing?! And do you know what happened behind the scenes of the Japanese economic miracle, which turned war-torn Japan into the second largest economy in the world?

Chalmers Johnson shows that the Japanese “miracle” was entirely man-made and well-planned. The author introduces the reader to the work of the think tank of economic reforms - the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan. It was there, behind closed doors, that the government and business together made strategic decisions that influenced the international success of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toyota Motor Corporation, Sony Corporation, etc.

Instead of waiting for a “miracle”, the Japanese designed it and systematically implemented it. Ukraine should learn this lesson.